Clinical Anesthesia Procedures
Spinal, Epidural, and Caudal Anesthesia - Segmental Level Required for Surgery
Segmental Level Required for Surgery
Knowledge of the sensory, motor, and autonomic distributions of spinal nerves will help the anesthetist determine the correct segmental level required for a particular operation and anticipate the potential physiologic effects of producing a block to that level. Figure 17.1 illustrates the dermatomal distribution of the spinal nerves.
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Pino, Richard M., editor. "Spinal, Epidural, and Caudal Anesthesia - Segmental Level Required for Surgery." Clinical Anesthesia Procedures, 9th ed., Wolters Kluwer, 2019. Anesthesia Central, anesth.unboundmedicine.com/anesthesia/view/ClinicalAnesthesiaProcedures/728223/all/Spinal__Epidural__and_Caudal_Anesthesia___Segmental_Level_Required_for_Surgery.
Spinal, Epidural, and Caudal Anesthesia - Segmental Level Required for Surgery. In: Pino RMR, ed. Clinical Anesthesia Procedures. Wolters Kluwer; 2019. https://anesth.unboundmedicine.com/anesthesia/view/ClinicalAnesthesiaProcedures/728223/all/Spinal__Epidural__and_Caudal_Anesthesia___Segmental_Level_Required_for_Surgery. Accessed December 11, 2023.
Spinal, Epidural, and Caudal Anesthesia - Segmental Level Required for Surgery. (2019). In Pino, R. M. (Ed.), Clinical Anesthesia Procedures (9th ed.). Wolters Kluwer. https://anesth.unboundmedicine.com/anesthesia/view/ClinicalAnesthesiaProcedures/728223/all/Spinal__Epidural__and_Caudal_Anesthesia___Segmental_Level_Required_for_Surgery
Spinal, Epidural, and Caudal Anesthesia - Segmental Level Required for Surgery [Internet]. In: Pino RMR, editors. Clinical Anesthesia Procedures. Wolters Kluwer; 2019. [cited 2023 December 11]. Available from: https://anesth.unboundmedicine.com/anesthesia/view/ClinicalAnesthesiaProcedures/728223/all/Spinal__Epidural__and_Caudal_Anesthesia___Segmental_Level_Required_for_Surgery.
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