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What drugs commonly used in epidural anesthesia?
bupivicaine (Marcaine, Sensorcaine); chloroprocaine (Nesacaine); and lidocaine (Xylocaine).
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What is epidural anesthesia?
An epidural is similar to a spinal except that a catheter is inserted so that numbing medications may be administered continuously.
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What is a epidural anesthesia?
Epidural anesthesia, which involves the injection of a large volume of local anesthetic into the space surrounding the spinal fluid sac (the epidural space), not directly into the spinal fluid.
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What is block anesthesia?
Injecting anesthetic agents into a primary nerve located near the surgical site produces block anesthesia (also known as regional anesthesia), which is a more extensive local anesthesia. The patient...
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What is an epidural anesthesia?
A type of anesthesia that is injected into the epidural space of the spinal cord to numb the nerves leading to the lower half of the body.