Talk:Spinal anaesthesia

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Analgesia is the correct name, as anaesthesia includes loss of consciousness.--TheEgyptian 17:15, 26 August 2007 (UTC)

I'm afraid you are quite wrong. "General anaesthesia" does indeed require loss of consciousness, but local and regional anaesthesia do not. The correct title for this article should be Spinal anaesthesia. Preacherdoc (talk) 18:49, 10 May 2008 (UTC)