Current issues in spinal anesthesia

Current issues in spinal anesthesia.

SPINAL anesthesia has enjoyed a long history of success and recently celebrated a centennial anniversary. Anesthesiologists master spinal anesthesia early during training with achievement of competence (. 90% technical success rate) after only 40–70 supervised attempts. The ease and long history of spinal anesthesia may give the impression that it is a simple technique with little sophisticatio...

Anesthesia Issues in Cardiac Surgery

The principle of anaesthesia for open-heart surgery is based on simplicity, safty and light­plane of anaesthesia. As a result of the special pathophysiology, grave general status, compli­cations threatening these patients during and after the operation and the abundance of medicines available nowadays, it is very important for the anaesthetist to be acquainted with the pathophysiological and ph...

P-179: Spinal Anesthesia in Laparoscopic Surgery of Infertile Patients

Background: Laparoscopy is one of the most common surgical procedures. General anesthesia as the only suitable technique for laparoscopic procedures is a concept of the past. A problem with modern general anesthetics is that even though patients can be awake and oriented shortly after cessation of the anesthetic. There is growing evidence suggesting that regional anesthesia has an important rol...

Paresthesia in Spinal Anesthesia

Spinal anesthesia is induced by injecting small amounts of local anesthetic into the cerebrospinal fluid (CSF), which solution must be capable of blocking nerve paths, and non-toxic, that is, it should not hinder the proper functioning of the bulbar centers, or interfere with the metabolic processes of the more important organs. The injection is usually made in the lumbar spine below the level ...

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