TY - JOUR T1 - Obstetric anaesthesia: what a neurologist needs to know JF - Practical Neurology JO - Pract Neurol SP - 238 LP - 245 DO - 10.1136/practneurol-2018-002081 VL - 19 IS - 3 AU - Mary Angela O’Neal Y1 - 2019/06/01 UR - http://pn.bmj.com/content/19/3/238.abstract N2 - Neurologists are often consulted to see women postpartum who are having difficulties involving the lower extremities; weakness, numbness and pain. Many of these women have received labour analgesia. Often, there is limited understanding by the neurologist of how these procedures are performed, why a neuraxial technique is chosen and their potential complications. This case-based review will explain the differences in the neuraxial procedures: epidural, spinal and combined spinal epidural; their advantages and disadvantages, why one technique might be chosen over another, contraindications as well as procedural risks. ER -