spinal anesthesia
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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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
When ethylene or spinal anesthesia has been employed, this is usually within one or two hours after the return from the operating room.
From Time Magazine Archive
Effects of the spinal anesthesia died out 15 minutes before the operation was over.
From Time Magazine Archive
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