Official figures show that the number of mothers-to-be who receive an epidural, general or spinal anaesthetic has soared in recent years to 36.5%.

官方的数字显示接受采用全身或是脊椎局部麻醉之类无痛分娩的妈妈最近几年上升到了36.5%。

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Instead of being given an anaesthetic as an epidural, straight into her spine, she had been given it through a drip into her arm.

助产士没有直接将麻醉剂注射到她的脊柱，而是通过在胳膊上打点滴注射麻药。

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Results: Lumbar hemp-epidural anesthesia effect-acting fast, joint drug less, analgesic effect exactly, anaesthetic process patient vital signs smoothly.

结果：腰麻-硬膜外联合麻醉起效快，用药少，止痛效果确切，麻醉过程中患者生命体征平稳。

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In this case, however, the patient - a professional magician - was given an epidural anaesthetic, similar to that given to a woman during labour.

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