Spinal anaesthesia for caesarean section: current clinical practice
Burns, S.M.; Cowan, C.M.
Hospital Medicine 61(12): 855-858
2000
ISSN/ISBN: 1462-3935 PMID: 11211587 Document Number: 515449
Spinal anaesthesia has evolved as the preferred anaesthetic technique for most cases of caesarean section. Having been extensively studied and refined over the years, there are few situations where a spinal is absolutely contraindicated. While general anaesthesia will always have a place in obstetrics, in experienced hands a spinal offers safety, efficacy and an improvement in maternal morbidity.
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