Introduction: The common Anaesthetic technique for spine surgeries including Lumbar spine surgeries is general anaesthesia (GA). Spinal Anaesthesia (SA) as opposed to general anaesthesia during elective lumbar spine surgery is an emerging technique and represents a potentially modifiable factor to limit perioperative complications. The aim of this case report is to determine if Spinal anesthesia is a safe alternative to General anaesthesia for lumbar spine surgery.

Objective: To report a case of spinal anaesthesia for short duration Lumbar spine surgeries in orthopaedics.

Method: Search of relevant references from Pubmed, Elsevier, and others with 10 considered relevant by authors were finally selected.

Result: We present a case of a 25 year old obese female who was previously Operated for Posterior instrumentation of L5- S1 spine in view of pott's spine underwent Epidural abscess debridement at L5 S1 level under spinal Anaesthesia.

Conclusion: We conclude spinal anaesthesia is well tolerated and has favourable outcomes compared to general anaesthesia and can be considered for short duration procedures of lower level lumbar spine surgeries.