An epidural is a type of local anaesthetic given into the lower back, which numbs the nerves that carry the pain impulses from the birth canal to the brain. “The idea is to numb the sensory ...

An epidural is an anesthetic delivered through a catheter (small tube) into a potential space outside the spinal cord called the epidural space. Using this catheter, we are able to infuse a solution ...

In ‘The Mind Electric’ (Washington Square, June), the neurologist explores the roots of neurological disease and the ...

For chronic axial spine pain, moderate certainty evidence showed that epidural injection of local anesthetic, epidural ...

even when compared to the lower back epidural typically used during childbirth. Because of this, many anaesthetists opt for simpler methods such as injecting a local anaesthetic into the abdominal ...

as demonstrated by recent studies that looked into the optimal dose of local anesthetic to be given, either into the epidural or the intrathecal space, as well as the modality of its ...