%0 Journal Article %A Mary Angela O’Neal %T Obstetric anaesthesia: what a neurologist needs to know %D 2019 %R 10.1136/practneurol-2018-002081 %J Practical Neurology %P 238-245 %V 19 %N 3 %X 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. %U https://pn.bmj.com/content/practneurol/19/3/238.full.pdf