Regional Anaesthesia
What areas of surgery can regional anaesthesia be used for?
Professor Harrop-Griffiths, Vice-President of the Royal College of Anaesthetists, explains the types of surgery that regional anaesthesia can be used for.
Health SharedProfessor Harrop-Griffiths, Vice-President of the Royal College of Anaesthetists, explains the types of surgery that regional anaesthesia can be used for.
This is a community for sharing experiences and expertise about regional anaesthesia. Regional Anaesthesia allows surgery to be done without general anaesthesia. This is possibly by temporarily blocking nerves supplying regions of the body using local anaesthetic injection.