Noun: saddle block anaesthesia
- The parts of a patient's body that would touch a saddle if the patient were sitting in one are anesthetized by injecting a local anaesthetic into the spinal cord
"Saddle block anaesthesia was used for the patient's haemorrhoid surgery"; "saddle block anaesthesia was used for the patient's haemorrhoid surgery";
- saddle block anesthesia
Type of: spinal, spinal anaesthesia, spinal anesthesia