Epidural anesthesia for spine surgery.
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.
Tu
P Y
PY
Department of Anesthesiology, Taipei Municipal Jen-Ai Hospital.
Tung
H C
HC
Chao
C C
CC
Lin
H J
HJ
Cheng
H C
HC
Lin
S Y
SY
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*