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New research could ease the minds of expectant mothers who may be nervous about epidurals or spinal anesthesia for childbirth. According to ASA practice guidelines, spinal or epidural anesthesia is ...

Women seeking pain relief during childbirth should be comforted to know that epidural and spinal anesthesia are extremely safe, suggests a study of more than 80,000 women that reviewed anesthesia ...

The question of whether an epidural or spinal is advisable after spinal surgery does not appear to have been studied systematically. What we know and how we practice is based on case reports, most of ...

A new study published in The BMJ shows that people who had surgery to improve blood flow in their legs under spinal or epidural anesthesia were less likely to die than those who were given general ...

Delivering a baby can be scary for a new mother-to-be. Let alone the fear of what might happen during the process, but the amount of pain one is likely to feel is considered immeasurable. But it is ...

Question: I am scheduled to have some surgery, and the doctor has recommended that I have an epidural anesthetic. This means that they will have to stick a needle in my back. A friend had this done ...

Epidural anesthesia and postoperative patient-controlled epidural anesthesia show favorable results over general anesthesia for major orthopedic surgery, Israeli researchers found. Benzion Beilin, MD, ...

Spinal hematoma is a rare and potentially catastrophic complication of spinal or epidural anesthesia. Risk factors include traumatic needle/catheter placement, sustained anticoagulation in an ...

Two types of regional anesthesia do not make patients more prone to falls in the first days after having knee replacement surgery as some have previously suggested, according to a study based on ...

Horner's syndrome is a neurological condition resulting from disruption of the oculosympathetic pathway, which typically produces the classic triad of ipsilateral ptosis, miosis, and anhidrosis. This ...