PT - JOURNAL ARTICLE AU - Mary Angela O’Neal TI - Obstetric anaesthesia: what a neurologist needs to know AID - 10.1136/practneurol-2018-002081 DP - 2019 Jun 01 TA - Practical Neurology PG - 238--245 VI - 19 IP - 3 4099 - http://pn.bmj.com/content/19/3/238.short 4100 - http://pn.bmj.com/content/19/3/238.full SO - Pract Neurol2019 Jun 01; 19 AB - 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.