A common way to deliver anesthesia for surgery and childbirth is to inject the anesthetic agent into the epidural space(epidural anesthesia).

A common way to deliver anesthesia for surgery and childbirth is to inject the anesthetic agent into the epidural space(epidural anesthesia). A possible complication of this procedure is a tear in the dura mater that causes CSF to leak out of the central nervous system. Why would a loss of cerebrospinal fluid be problematic? what symptons do you predict with this condition