An Analysis of the Safety of Epidural and Spinal Neuraxial Anesthesia in More Than 100,000 Consecutive Major Lower Extremity Joint Replacements

Abstract

The incidence of epidural/spinal complications found in this consecutive case series is relatively low but higher than previously reported in the nonobstetric population. Further research using large data sets could quantify the significance of some of the potentially contributing factors observed in this study.