RT Book, Section
A1 Ranasinghe, Sudharma J.
A1 Davidson, Elyad
A1 Birnbach, David J.
A2 Hadzic, Admir
SR Print(0)
ID 3499980
T1 Chapter 16. Combined Spinal–Epidural Anesthesia
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=3499980
RD 2024/04/19
AB In  recent  years,  regional  anesthesia  techniques  for  surgery,  obstetrics,  and  postoperative  pain  management  have  been  used  with  increasing  frequency.1–3  The  combined  spinal–epidural  (CSE)  technique,  a  comparatively  new  anesthetic  technique,  includes  an  initial  subarachnoid  injection  followed  by  epidural  catheter  placement  and  administration  of  epidural  medications.  This  allows  for  almost  immediate  relief  of  pain  or  induction  of  regional  anesthesia  by  the  rapid  onset  of  the  spinal  drugs,  and  subsequent  administration  of  medications  for  prolonged  anesthesia.  In  addition  postoperative  analgesia  via  the  epidural  catheter  can  be  delivered  for  extended  periods.