Continuous spinal anesthesia versus combined spinal epidural block for major orthopedic surgery: prospective randomized study.

Context And Objectives: In major orthopedic surgery of the lower limbs, continuous spinal anesthesia (CSA) and combined spinal epidural anesthesia (CSE) are safe and reliable anesthesia methods. In this prospective randomized clinical study, the blockading properties and side effects of CSA were compared with single interspace CSE, among patients scheduled for major hip or knee surgery.

Design And Setting: Prospective clinical study conducted at the Institute for Regional Anesthesia, Hospital de Base, São José do Rio Preto.

[Restricted dorsal spinal anesthesia for ambulatory anorectal surgery: a pilot study.].

Background And Objectives: The increasing number of ambulatory procedures requires anesthetic methods allowing patients to be discharged soon after surgery completion. Currently, anorectal procedures are performed in inpatient settings. This study aimed at evaluating the feasibility of performing these procedures in outpatient settings with low hypobaric bupivacaine doses.

[Spinal anesthesia for cesarean section with 0.5% isobaric bupivacaine plus fentanyl and morphine: prospective study with different volumes].

Background And Objectives: Spinal block for cesarean section was described few years after the first report of spinal anesthesia by Bier in 1899. It was not until the last 5 years that spinal anesthesia has become the most frequent anesthetic method for cesarean section at our hospital. This prospective study aimed at evaluating 0.