Regional Anesthesia In Vaginal Birth

Regional anesthesia is one that is selectively applied to a specific region of the body. Under the term of regional anesthesia is included: ü Spinal: It is produced by the injection of an anesthetic agent, under the spinal cord membrane. ü Epidural (Blocking): The anesthesia produced by the injection of an anesthetic agent between the vertebral spines and below the flavo ligament in the extradural space. ü Analgesia / neuraxial anesthesia: epidural anesthesia continues through a catheter into the epidural space. This modality is started during labor and continues until delivery or cesarean section. Normally the catheter is not changed in the case of caesarean section but if a higher concentration of the anesthetic agent is added. ü Nerve block: Infiltration around the nerve at the exit of the spine. (For example, a nerve plexus or an individual peripheral nerve can be blocked). ü Local infiltration: Infiltration in the area where the nerve ends. <a id="