Anesthesia & Clinical Research
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Department of Anesthesia, Kejal Lifeline Hospital, Gujrat, India

Publications

• Research Article   
  Segmental Spinal Anesthesia for Enhancing the Safety Margin in Endoscopic Discectomy: A Feasibility Study
  Author(s): Richa Chandra, Gaurav Mishra* and Pranay T. Vaghela
  
  Background: In the present era, a herniated vertebral disc is the most commonly encountered pathology of spine due to multiple lifestyle factors, most common site being L4-L5, L5-S1. Percutaneous endoscopic discectomy has superseded the traditional open discectomy approach for such cases. Regarding the choice of anesthesia for such procedures, general anesthesia was considered Gold standard. With the advent of COVID-19 pandemic, the regional anesthesia techniques gained popularity for a majority of surgical procedures. A novel concept of segmental spinal anesthesia i.e. blockade of selective dermatomes only essential for surgery, using very low dose of local anesthetics take care of surgical pain with intact leg movements decreasing incidence of inadvertent neurological injury. In the present feasibility study, we utilized an approach of segmental.. View More»
  DOI: 10.35248/ 2155-6148.23.14.1115

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