TY - CHAP M1 - Book, Section TI - Chapter 14. Epidural Blockade A1 - Deschner, Bonnie A1 - Allen, Marina A1 - de Leon, Oscar A2 - Hadzic, Admir PY - 2007 T2 - NYSORA Textbook of Regional Anesthesia and Acute Pain Management 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. SN - PB - The McGraw-Hill Companies CY - New York, NY Y2 - 2024/10/10 UR - accessanesthesiology.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=3503522 ER -