Transient Neurologic Symptoms following Spinal Anesthesia with Isobaric Mepivacaine: A Decade of Experience at Toronto Western Hospital

Background. Transient neurologic symptoms (TNSs) can be distressing for patients and providers following uneventful spinal anesthesia. Spinal mepivacaine may be less commonly associated with TNS than lidocaine; however, reported rates of TNS with intrathecal mepivacaine vary considerably. Materials...

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Main Authors: Ashwin Sankar, Minou Behboudi, Faraj W. Abdallah, Alan Macfarlane, Richard Brull
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2018-01-01
Series:Anesthesiology Research and Practice
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2018/1901426