title: Permanent neurological damage after spinal anaesthesia.
abstract: The use of subarachnoid block for various surgeries is becoming common and it is without complications. There many complications of spinal anaesthesia but one of the devastating of such complications that can lead to permanent disability and psychological trauma for the anaesthetist is permanent neurological damage.
  
  
  METHODS
  This is a review article of various works on neurological damage following spinal anaesthesia using different search engines such as PubMed and Google.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Permanent neurologic damage can occur after spinal anaesthesia but its incidence is low.
authors.forename: Omiepirisa Yvonne
authors.initials: OY
authors.lastname: Buowari
mesh_terms: D000775:Anesthesia, Spinal / Q000009:adverse effects*; D000779:Anesthetics, Local / Q000009:adverse effects*; D006801:Humans; D007278:Injections, Spinal / Q000009:adverse effects*; D008012:Lidocaine / Q000009:adverse effects; D010146:Pain / Q000139:chemically induced; D010147:Pain Measurement; D010523:Peripheral Nervous System Diseases / Q000139:chemically induced* / Q000517:prevention & control; D016032:Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic; D012307:Risk Factors
chemical_list: D000779:Anesthetics, Local; D008012:Lidocaine