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Having a spinal anesthetic for your surgery
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/chpams35587
Nova Scotia Health Authority. QEII. Department of Anesthesia, Nova Scotia Health Authority. QEII. HI Block Room.
Halifax, NS:
Nova Scotia Health Authority
, 2018.
- Pamphlet Number
- 1602
- Available Online
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A spinal anesthetic is one type of anesthesia that can be used for a surgical procedure involving the lower portion of your body (hips and below). This pamphlet will help explain the process of a spinal anesthetic, if it is painful, how it is different from a general anesthetic, the benefits, the risks, and if you can still take pain medication after the procedure. It also explains what to expect once the spinal anesthetic wears off.
- Available Online
- View Pamphlet
- Corporate Author
- Nova Scotia Health Authority. QEII. Department of Anesthesia
- Nova Scotia Health Authority. QEII. HI Block Room
- Place of Publication
- Halifax, NS
- Publisher
- Nova Scotia Health Authority
- Date of Publication
- 2018
- Format
- Pamphlet
- Language
- English
- Physical Description
- 1 electronic document (5 p.) : digital, PDF file
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Anesthetics, Local
- Subjects (LCSH)
- Local anesthetics
- Abstract
- A spinal anesthetic is one type of anesthesia that can be used for a surgical procedure involving the lower portion of your body (hips and below). This pamphlet will help explain the process of a spinal anesthetic, if it is painful, how it is different from a general anesthetic, the benefits, the risks, and if you can still take pain medication after the procedure. It also explains what to expect once the spinal anesthetic wears off.
- Responsibility
- Prepared by: Department of Anesthesia and HI Block Room Staff
- Pamphlet Number
- 1602
