Gone are the days when a general anaesthetic (GA) was your only option if undergoing surgery, a Caesarean delivery or a medical procedure. Nowadays, new modern anaesthesia techniques using regional anaesthesia have paved the way for other safe and effective alternatives.
Epidurals and spinals both involve injecting local anaesthetic between the vertebrae (the bones in your spine) to numb the body from the waist to the toes. While they work in different ways, they both enable patients to feel more in control during surgery while alleviating many of the complications associated with GA.