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Noun: saddle block anaesthesia
  1. 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