- caudal block
- regional anesthesia produced by injection of a local anesthetic into the caudal or sacral canal. Called also caudal anesthesia.
Medical dictionary. 2011.
caudal block
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caudal block — noun regional anesthesia resulting from injection of an anesthetic into the caudal end of the spinal canal; now largely replaced by epidural anesthesia • Syn: ↑caudal anesthesia, ↑caudal anaesthesia • Hypernyms: ↑regional anesthesia, ↑regional… … Useful english dictionary
caudal anesthesia — noun regional anesthesia resulting from injection of an anesthetic into the caudal end of the spinal canal; now largely replaced by epidural anesthesia • Syn: ↑caudal anaesthesia, ↑caudal block • Hypernyms: ↑regional anesthesia, ↑regional… … Useful english dictionary
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epidural block — regional anesthesia produced by injection of the anesthetic agent into the epidural space. Injection may be between the vertebral spines, in the cervical, thoracic, or lumbar region, or into the sacral hiatus, which is also known as caudal block… … Medical dictionary
regional anesthesia — noun loss of sensation in a region of the body produced by application of an anesthetic agent to all the nerves supplying that region (as when an epidural anesthetic is administered to the pelvic region during childbirth) • Syn: ↑regional… … Useful english dictionary
regional anaesthesia — noun loss of sensation in a region of the body produced by application of an anesthetic agent to all the nerves supplying that region (as when an epidural anesthetic is administered to the pelvic region during childbirth) • Syn: ↑regional… … Useful english dictionary
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