Glossary

Epidural anaesthesia

Epidural anaesthesia

Epiduralanästhesie·Also: Periduralanästhesie, PDA

Epidural anaesthesia is an anaesthetic procedure close to the spinal cord in which an anaesthetic is injected into the space around the membranes of the spinal cord. It is frequently used for low-pain childbirth or for operations on the lower body.

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