Caudal Anesthesia (Noun)
Meaning
Regional anesthesia resulting from injection of an anesthetic into the caudal end of the spinal canal; now largely replaced by epidural anesthesia.
Classification
Nouns denoting natural processes.
Examples
- The anesthesiologist administered a caudal anesthesia to numb the area of the young patient's lower back and legs.
- Caudal anesthesia has been a widely used technique in pediatric pain management but has lost popularity with the advancement of epidural anesthesia.
- The nurse prepared the patient for the caudal anesthesia injection by ensuring the equipment and the caudal region of the spine were properly cleaned and sterilized.
- After the injection, the patient noticed the initial effects of the caudal anesthesia spreading through the lower back, legs, and eventually to the perineum.
- The newer epidural anesthesia technique has been developed over the years and it has largely replaced the more uncomfortable and less precise caudal anesthesia procedure.