Open AccessLumbar laminectomy with segmental continuous epidural anesthesia
Author(s) -
Lakkam Vamsee Kiran,
Kusuma Srividhya Radhika,
Srinivasan Parthasarathy
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
al-banǧ. maqālāt wa abḥāṯ fī al-taẖdīr wa-al-in’āš
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 0259-1162
DOI - 10.4103/0259-1162.134519
Subject(s) - lumbar , medicine , laminectomy , anesthesia , surgery , prone position , spinal cord , psychiatry
Lumbar laminectomies are usually performed under general anesthesia in the prone position. We report a case of lumbar laminectomy done under segmental continuous epidural anesthesia, so that direct visual intra-operative monitoring of the motor and sensory component of the lower extremities was possible.