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An injection of an anesthetic drug given into the space between the wall of the spinal canal and the covering of the spinal cord.
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| epidural block |
Type of anesthesia. Medication is injected around the spinal cord during labour or other types of surgery.
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If the mother-to-be already have a labour epidural catheter in place and then need a caesarean delivery, it is usually possible for the anaesthesiologist to inject additional anaesthetic medication through the same catheter to enhance pain relief safely. This stronger concentration of medication converts the analgesia to anaesthesia Anaesthesia is necessary to numb the entire abdomen completely for the surgical incision.
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| epidural block |
an injection which can be used as a treatment as well as a diagnostic tool to help locate the source of pain
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