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Neuraxial Blockade: Epidural Anesthesia

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The first epidural injection was performed in 1901 by Jean-Athanase Sicard and Ferdinand Catheline through caudal route. Touhy needle was developed for continuous spinal catheter technique and later adapted for epidural anesthesia by Manual Martinez Curbelo. Its popularity increased due to the possible serious neurological sequelae of spinal injections and the availability of long-acting local anesthetic agents such as bupivacaine. As a result of its versatility, it certainly remains a popular regional anesthetic technique in the USA and UK.

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  1. Department of Anaesthetics, Epsom and St. Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust, Carshalton, SM5 1AA, UK

    Sreekumar Kunnumpurath MD, FRCA, FFPMRCA

  2. Department of Anaesthetics, St. Georges University Hospital, Tooting, London, UK

    S. Ramessur MBBS, FRCA, FFPMRCA

  3. Department of Anaesthesia, St. George’s Hospital, London, SW170 QT, UK

    A. Fendius MBBS, DiplMC(RCSEd), FRCA

  4. Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, 06510, USA

    Nalini Vadivelu MBBS, MB, DNB

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  1. University Hosp and Ochsner Kenner Hosp, Prof and Chairman,Dept of Anesthesiology, Director of Interventional Pain Mgmt., Louisiana State University School of Medicine, New Orleans, 70112, USA

    Alan David Kaye

  2. Harvard Medical School, Director, Proced Sedation Mgmt & Safety, Assistant Professor of Anesthesia, Anesthesiology, Perioperative & Pain Med, Boston, 02115, USA

    Richard D. Urman

  3. Yale University School of Medicine, Associate Professor of Anesthesiology, New Haven, 06520, Connecticut, USA

    Nalini Vadivelu

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Kunnumpurath, S., Ramessur, S., Fendius, A., Vadivelu, N. (2012). Neuraxial Blockade: Epidural Anesthesia. In: Kaye, A., Urman, R., Vadivelu, N. (eds) Essentials of Regional Anesthesia. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-1013-3_12

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