1. George Pitkin is credited with popularizing obstetric spinal anesthesia in the United States. 2. Toxicity can also occur in the setting of subarachnoid injection during high spinal anesthesia . 3. She was separated from her husband and numbed at the waist by spinal anesthesia . 4. It was performed under spinal anesthesia with sedation, said St . Vincent's spokesman Bruce Hutchison. 5. However, very short-term use of IV hydrocortisone was found effective in reducing headache following spinal anesthesia . 6. On August 16, 1898, German surgeon August Bier ( 18611949 ) performed surgery under spinal anesthesia in Kiel. 7. He received a local, spinal anesthesia , meaning he was conscious throughout the operation, though he dozed a couple of times. 8. He was again given spinal anesthesia by Kelly, the same student nurse accused of botching the procedure the previous day. 9. Within a few years, spinal anesthesia became widely used for surgical anesthesia and was accepted as a safe and effective technique. 10. On 16 August 1898, Bier performed the first operation under spinal anesthesia at the Royal Surgical Hospital of the University of Kiel.
