Spinal Anesthesia Synonyms

Anesthesia of the lower half of the body; caused by injury to the spinal cord or by injecting an anesthetic beneath the arachnoid membrane that surrounds the spinal cord
Synonyms:
  1. spinal block
  2. spinal anaesthesia
  3. epidural
  4. spinal

Spinal Anesthesia Sentence Examples

  • Because of its effect on increasing blood flow to the gut, spinal anesthesia reduces the incidence of anastomotic dehiscence.

  • It is particularly useful to treat hypotension during spinal anesthesia when the patient has a tachycardia.

  • We perform about 30 Cesarean sections annually using spinal anesthesia.

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