Permanent neurological damage after spinal anaesthesia.

UNLABELLED The use of subarachnoid block for various surgeries is becoming common and it is without complications. There many complications of spinal anaesthesia but one of the devastating of such complications that can lead to permanent disability and psychological trauma for the anaesthetist is permanent neurological damage. METHOD This is a review article of various works on neurological damage following spinal anaesthesia using different search engines such as PubMed and Google. CONCLUSION Permanent neurologic damage can occur after spinal anaesthesia but its incidence is low.