Pediatric Spinal Anesthesia Combined with General Anesthesia

Combined Spinal Epidural Anesthesia

Regional anesthetic techniques are rapidly evolving to meet the needs of an ever increasing day surgery patient population. Rapidity and control of onset and offset of anesthesia with minimal side effects are now required of regional anesthetic techniques if these are to compete with general anesthesia. Spinal and combined spinal epidural (CSE) anesthesia for the day surgery patient are discuss...

Unilateral spinal anesthesia combined with local anesthesia for ptosis surgery.

A 46-year-old patient with bilateral ptosis and poor levator function was scheduled for ptosis surgery. Frontal suspension surgery with autogenous fascia lata1,2 was planned under general anesthesia. Patient had a history of type-II diabetes mellitus and poor control of blood glucose level. He was a heavy smoker and had decreased breath sounds bilaterally on chest examination. We decided to per...

Comparison of neonatal and maternal outcomes after cesarean delivery with general anesthesia and spinal anesthesia

 Aims and background: The choice of anesthesia for cesarean section depends on factors such as the cause of the operation, the degree of urgency of the operation and the patient’s desire. Following the choice of any of the methods either general anesthesia or spinal anesthesia for mother and baby will have consequences. The aim of this study was to compare maternal and neonatal outcomes afte...

Combined Sacral Spinal Epidural Anesthesia

Comparison of combined spinal and general anesthesia block and combined epidural and general anesthesia block in laparoscopic cholecystectomy.

OBJECTIVE Combined spinal and general anesthesia block (CSGAB) and combined epidural and general anesthesia block (CEGAB) in laparoscopic cholecystectomy were compared. MATERIAL AND METHODS Forty patients were randomly selected (ASA physical status I-II) to receive sevoflurane plus 10 to 15 mg of bupivacaine weighed at 0.5% and 20 microg of fentanyl (CSGAB) or sevoflurane plus 150 mg of ropiv...