Current advancements in spine surgery have led to a recent interest in regional anesthesia
for spine surgery. Spinal anesthesia, epidural anesthesia, and their combination are …

This paper is an overview of various features of regional anesthesia (RA) and aims to
introduce spine surgeons unfamiliar with RA. RA is commonly used for procedures that …

The use of regional anesthesia techniques for intra-operative anesthesia remains very
controversial for patients scheduled to undergo spinal interventions. Spine surgery is still …

Objective More stable perioperative hemodynamic conditions, lower costs and a lower
perioperative complication rate were reported in young healthy patients undergoing lumbar …

Background: This study is supposed to investigate the effects of combined epidural and
general anesthesia on intraoperative hemodynamic responses, postoperative cellular …

Clinical guidance on the choice of anesthetic modality vis-à-vis the risk of perioperative
venous thromboembolism (VTE) is largely lacking because of a paucity of recent evidence …

Study Design. Randomized controlled trial. Objective. Our objective was to compare
postoperative pain relief and operating field condition of single-shot, low-thoracic epidural …

This study was a retrospective analysis of 850 lumbar microdiscectomy (LMD) under
epidural anesthesia (EA; n= 573) or general anesthesia (GA; n= 277) performed by the …

The use of regional anaesthesia techniques for intra-operative anaesthesia and
postoperative analgesia remains very controversial for patients scheduled to undergo spinal …

Background: Addition of epidural anesthesia may have several benefits. The purpose of this
study was to investigate the effectiveness and safety of epidural anesthesia combined with …