spinal anesthesia
Americannoun
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Surgical patients who receive local or spinal anesthesia also suffer cognitive problems, several studies have found.
From Science Magazine ● May 31, 2017
She had received spinal anesthesia in advance of an operation to repair a fistula; she was not in the process of getting the anesthetic.
From New York Times ● May 21, 2012
General or spinal anesthesia is used for the operation, which typically takes one to two hours.
From New York Times ● Feb. 9, 2010
The patient, under spinal anesthesia, clutched a rosary and a religious medal.
From Time Magazine Archive
Patients showed "unusual symptoms" when a Boston hospital used some of the dextrose in spinal anesthesia.
From Time Magazine Archive
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