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Definition of Caudal block

1. Noun. Regional anesthesia resulting from injection of an anesthetic into the caudal end of the spinal canal; now largely replaced by epidural anesthesia.

Lexicographical Neighbors of Caudal Block

Literary usage of Caudal block

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Regional anesthesia by Gaston Labat (1922)
"... with the paravertebral lumbar block often associated with the blocking of the sacral nerves for operations on the pelvic organs. caudal block ..."

2. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General by Thomas Spencer Baynes (1888)
"Young (parr) with nine or ten dusky cross bars ; grilse with top of dorsal and pectoral and with hind margin of caudal block. A migratory species, occurring ..."

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