[PDF][PDF] Transient neurologic symptoms: etiology, risk factors, and management

JE Pollock - Regional Anesthesia & Pain Medicine, 2002 - jvsmedicscorner.com
Since its introduction in 1948, manufacturers report 5% hyperbaric lidocaine has been used
for millions of spinal anesthetics. A predictable onset and limited duration of action have
made lidocaine one of the most popular spinal anesthetics. Concern about the use of spinal
lidocaine began in 1991 with published reports of cauda equina syndrome (CES) after
continuous spinal anesthesia1, 2 and was heightened in 1993 when Schneider et al. 3
published a case report of 4 patients undergoing spinal anesthesia who postoperatively …