Anestesia espinal: Parte I. Historia

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La anestesia espinal es una forma de anestesia regional fundamental en lapráctica clínica. Para llegar a la técnica segura y ampliamente difundida que hoyse conoce, han sucedido diversos eventos a lo largo de la historia. Numerososavances en cuanto a conocimiento anatómico, fisiología, farmacología, desarrollo de agujas y otros, dieron paso a la primera anestesia espinal en 1898 y atodo el avance que desde entonces se ha logrado. Múltiples descubrimientos yadaptaciones se han hecho desde entonces, alcanzando finalmente la técnicautilizada por anestesistas hoy en día.
Spinal anesthesia is a fundamental type of regional anesthesia, very frequently used in clinical practice. In order to achieve the safe and widely known technique we use today, multiple events have happened throughout history. Numerous advances in anatomy, physiology, pharmacology, needle development and others, gave way to the first spinal anesthesia in 1898 and all the progress that has hence been made. Multiple discoveries and adaptations have been made since that moment, finally reaching the technique that is known and used nowadays.
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Anestesia, Anestesia regional, Anestesia espinal, Historia de la medicina, Anesthesia, Regional anesthesia, Spinal anesthesia, History of medicine
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