Epidural anesthesia is a neuraxial procedure that involves delivering medication, most often local anesthetic, to the epidural space for analgesia or anesthesia. The epidural space is located superficial to the dura mater of the spinal cord and just deep to the ligamentum flavum of the vertebrae.
Epidural anesthesia has been administered most commonly for procedures involving the lower limbs, pelvis, perineum, and lower abdomen but is increasingly being used as the sole anesthetic or as a complement to GA for a greater diversity of procedures.
An epidural hematoma is a serious head injury that tears a blood vessel just under your skull, on top of the brain's outer membrane, called the "dura." It often happens when you fracture your skull ...
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