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Combined Spinal-Epidural Technique

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Epidural Technique In Obstetric Anesthesia

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The combined spinal-epidural block (CSE) has the potential ability to combine the rapidity, density, and reliability of the subarachnoid block with the flexibility of the continuous epidural block to titrate a desired sensory level, vary the intensity of the block, control the duration of anesthesia, and deliver postoperative analgesia.

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    Giorgio Capogna

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Capogna, G. (2020). Combined Spinal-Epidural Technique. In: Epidural Technique In Obstetric Anesthesia. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-45332-9_7

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