Spinal anesthesia is one of the most popular forms of anesthesia used for various surgical procedures. However, not unlike general anesthesia, there are plenty of wrong notions and misconceptions about this form of anesthesia. With the aim of helping you understand better about this, here are some misconceptions (and the reality) about Spinal Anesthesia. Myth 1 - Spinal Anesthesia results in life-long backache. Believe me. Nobody is taking your fear as a joke.
Extensive studies involving tens of thousands of patients have been done over decades on this subject. The result is that the incidence of backache after spinal anesthesia is not significant enough to imply it is caused by the procedure. Temporary pain at the site maybe there but a chronic long term problem is almost nil. Myth 2 - Anesthesiologists are poking the spinal cord blindly. They can leave us paralyzed for life. …
