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# System prepended metadata

title: Regional Anesthesia
tags: [' pps', PGY1]

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tags: PGY1, pps, anes
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# Regional Anesthesia

## Spinal/Epidural Anesthesia
:::danger
**Contraindications:** Allergy to LA, :arrow_up: ICP
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## Neuraxial anatomy
- Spinal cord extends from skull base -> L2
- Dural sac extends from skull base -> S2

**Midline approach** - skin :arrow_right: subQ :arrow_right: supraspinous ligament :arrow_right: ligamentum flavum :arrow_right: *epidural space* :warning: dura mater :warning: subdural space :warning: arachnoid mater :warning: intrathecal space
![](https://i.imgur.com/LXXaDut.jpg)

:::info
T4 = Nipples
T10 = Umbilicus
T7-8 = Inferior edge of scapula
L4-5 = Iliac crest
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## Dermatomes

**Thoracic Dermatomes**
![](https://i.imgur.com/LXXaDut.jpg)

**Lower Extremity**
![](https://i.imgur.com/5gHjs1B.jpg)

