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Pioneering Spinal Anesthesia: A Historical Examination of Benedetto Schiassi’s Landmark Work

2025-03-18

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This article investigates the first documented use of spinal anesthesia in Italy, performed by surgeon Benedetto Schiassi in 1899. Faced with the limitations and risks of general anesthesia in a critically ill patient requiring urgent leg amputation, the surgeon employed cocaine as a local anesthetic, refining the technique with innovative modifications, including reduced dosage and prone positioning to mitigate a...

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Literature Corpus work: 53457567-f9de-5a79-97c3-53010658702b
DOI: 10.32388/cwq4mh.3

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