Journal article
Infectious Complications Following Regional Anesthesia: A Narrative Review and Contemporary Estimates of Risk
Obstetric anesthesia digest, Vol.46(2), pp.106-108
06/2026
DOI: 10.1097/01.aoa.0001192356.80932.81
Abstract
Reg Anesth Pain Med . 2025;50:641–650. doi: 10.1136/rapm-2024-105496. Regional anesthesia (RA) techniques such as epidural anesthesia (EA), spinal anesthesia (SA), and peripheral nerve block (PNB) are associated with differing advantages and disadvantages related to perioperative outcomes, efficacy of analgesia, opioid use, patient satisfaction, and hospital length of stay. Infectious complications from anesthesia are rare and serious. Previous literature has typically estimated the effects of infectious complications of RA through pooling data as a secondary outcome, and rates and risk factors are uncertain and varied. This article is a narrative review designed to assess evidence surrounding infectious complications of central neuraxial blocks (CNB) and PNB, as well as estimate incidence.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Infectious Complications Following Regional Anesthesia: A Narrative Review and Contemporary Estimates of Risk
- Creators
- B J Selvamani - University of IowaH Kalagara - University of Alabama at BirminghamT Volk - Saarland UniversityS Narouze - Western Reserve HospitalC Childs - University of Iowa Hospitals and ClinicsA Patel - University of IowaM S Seering - University of IowaH T Benzon - Northwestern UniversityR V Sondekoppam - University of Iowa
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Obstetric anesthesia digest, Vol.46(2), pp.106-108
- DOI
- 10.1097/01.aoa.0001192356.80932.81
- ISSN
- 0275-665X
- eISSN
- 1536-5395
- Number of pages
- 3
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 06/2026
- Academic Unit
- Anesthesia; Hardin Library
- Record Identifier
- 9985166830702771
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