Spinal anesthesia

Spinal anesthesia

Rückenmarkanästhesie·Also: Spinalanästhesie, Rückenmarksnarkose

Spinal cord anesthesia" usually refers to spinal anesthesia, a regional anesthesia performed close to the spinal cord. The local anesthetic is administered in the lower back into the cerebrospinal fluid space (subarachnoid space), not into the spinal cord itself.