Epidural Anesthesia is a type of regional anesthesia, which has been widely recognized in Japan since its adaptation at surgical operation for Showa Emperor in 1987. In this case it is also known that Continuous Epidural Anesthesia with indwelling catheter was used and had positive outcomes, for desensitization and protection against pulmonic complication.
Epidural Anesthesia procedure , in comparison to Spinal Anesthesia, has an advantage of safe and easy control of pain after surgery, by continuous administration of agent through indwelling catheter.
Site of application
Widely applicable from thoracic region to sacrum and commonly used in general abdominal surgery, such as gynecological, urological, perineal, upper limb, cervical and thyroid gland.
Effectively used for desensitization of thoracic and upper abdominal region, in parallel use with Spinal Anesthesia. Also effective in lowering the risk of surgery by redusing amount of Spinal Anesthesic Agent, for example in case of operation of aged patient with hypohepatia.
Other than surgery, this procedure is also used in several fields such as painless labor, cingulum, and relief of cancerous pain.