title: Epidural anesthesia for spine surgery.
abstract: Over the last 2 years, the authors have had experience with epidural anesthesia for a variety of spine operations in 20 patients. It is proved to be safe, reliable, and effective. Perioperative complications were minimal and could be easily treated. No patient had a new neurologic deficit as a result of the epidural technique. Thus, epidural anesthesia should not be excluded from the anesthesiologist's consideration simply because of the presence of spine disease or neurologic deficit.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anesthesiology, Taipei Municipal Jen-Ai Hospital.
authors.forename: P Y
authors.initials: PY
authors.lastname: Tu
authors.forename: H C
authors.initials: HC
authors.lastname: Tung
authors.forename: C C
authors.initials: CC
authors.lastname: Chao
authors.forename: H J
authors.initials: HJ
authors.lastname: Lin
authors.forename: H C
authors.initials: HC
authors.lastname: Cheng
authors.forename: S Y
authors.initials: SY
authors.lastname: Lin
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000767:Anesthesia, Epidural / Q000009:adverse effects; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D013131:Spine / Q000601:surgery*