RT Book, Section
A1 Deschner, Bonnie
A1 Allen, Marina
A1 de Leon, Oscar
A2 Hadzic, Admir
SR Print(0)
ID 3503522
T1 Chapter 14. Epidural Blockade
T2 NYSORA Textbook of Regional Anesthesia and Acute Pain Management
YR 2007
FD 2007
PB The McGraw-Hill Companies
PP New York, NY
SN 9780071449069
LK accessanesthesiology.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=3503522
RD 2024/04/25
AB Epidural  blockade  is  one  of  the  most  useful  and  versatile  procedures  in  modern  anesthesiology.  It  is  unique  in  that  it  can  be  placed  at  virtually  any  level  of  the  spinal  spine,  allowing  more  flexibility  in  its  application  to  clinical  practice.  It  is  more  versatile  than  spinal  anesthesia,  giving  the  clinician  the  opportunity  to  provide  anesthesia  and  analgesia,  as  well  as  enabling  diagnosis  and  treatment  of  chronic  disease  syndromes.  It  can  be  used  to  supplement  general  anesthesia,  decreasing  the  need  for  deep  levels  of  general  anesthesia,  therefore  providing  a  more  hemodynamically  stable  operative  course  and  faster  emergence  from  general  anesthesia.  It  provides  better  postoperative  pain  control  and  more  rapid  recovery  from  surgery.  When  combined  with  spinal  anesthesia  in  a  technique  called  a  CSE  (combined  spinal-epidural),  benefits  of  both  techniques  can  be  combined  and  shortcomings  of  each  avoided.