What are the Instructions for Use of the Eldor needle for combined spinal epidural anesthesia?
Combined Spinal-Epidural Anesthesia Combined spinal-epidural anesthesia is a new kind of regional anesthesia that combines the spinal anesthesia with the epidural anesthesia. Both techniques are well known separately for their benefits and limitations. The combination of the spinal and the epidural routes as separate departments for local anesthetic injections gives a new kind of regional anesthesia. The benefits of the spinal anesthesia (rapid induction and excellent muscle relaxation) are combined with those of the epidural catheter (epidural catheter injections intraoperatively and epidural injections postoperatively). Eldor Needle Technique Using the Eldor needle the epidural space is reached by the loss of resistance technique or the hanging drop technique while the proximal opening of the epidural needle of the Eldor needle enters the epidural space. Then the epidural catheter is inserted into the epidural space through the epidural needle of the Eldor needle. A test dose is done
