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# Regional anaesthesia

Spinal, epidural, caudal and peripheral blocks, labour analgesia and their complications.

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## Technique

- [**Caudal block in children** Numbing medicine injected through a small gap at the bottom of the spine, usually after the…](https://durgical.com/en/anaesthesia/caudal-block-in-children/)
- [**Epidural anaesthesia and analgesia** A thin tube placed just outside the covering of the spinal cord carries numbing medicine for…](https://durgical.com/en/anaesthesia/epidural-anaesthesia-and-analgesia/)
- [**Labour analgesia** Ways to ease labour pain, mainly the epidural: a thin tube in the back gives mild numbing…](https://durgical.com/en/anaesthesia/labour-analgesia/)
- [**Peripheral nerve blocks in principle** Numbing medicine placed next to a nerve or plexus so that one limb or body area stops feeling…](https://durgical.com/en/anaesthesia/peripheral-nerve-blocks-in-principle/)
- [**Spinal anaesthesia** A single injection of local anaesthetic into the fluid around the lower spinal nerves numbs the…](https://durgical.com/en/anaesthesia/spinal-anaesthesia/)

## Concept

- [**Complications of neuraxial blocks: headache, hypotension, haematoma, infection** Spinal and epidural blocks are usually safe, but they can cause headache, low blood pressure…](https://durgical.com/en/anaesthesia/complications-of-neuraxial-blocks-headache-hypotension-haematoma-infection/)

## Crisis

- [**Local anaesthetic systemic toxicity: the crisis** A dangerous reaction when too much numbing medicine reaches the blood, affecting the brain and…](https://durgical.com/en/anaesthesia/local-anaesthetic-systemic-toxicity-the-crisis/)

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Educational content; it does not replace supervised training, your institution's protocols or the anaesthetist's or intensivist's decision. It contains no doses and no ventilator or infusion settings.

Representative model, for educational purposes only.

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