
Episode 50: CSE vs Epidural Debate with Mike Hofkamp and Jacqueline Galvan
Anesthesia and Critical Care Reviews and Commentary (ACCRAC) Podcast
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Is There Any Real Gains With CSEs?
There are no real gains or marginal gains at best with CSEs, and there are only risks with C SEs that in my opinion are unnecessary. A woman who I had done a CSE on come back with a postural puncture headache. That got me thinking maybe my CSE technique wasn't as good as I thought. There really isn't any difference when you look at the conquering database between epidurals and CSEs for these things. But it all showed a relative risk of unilateral block was decreased somewhat.
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