Epidural block is regional, local or, general anesthesia?

Regional: An epidural is a regional anesthetic.

Regional: General anesthesia requires uncosciousness, usually along with airway protection (endotracheal tube or similar). Regional anesthesia includes application of local anesthetic in various locations, usually in the spine (spinal or epidural) or on a nerve plexus (to numb an arm or a leg). Local anesthesia is injection of local directly un the tissue that hurts or is about to hurt from surgery.

Regional: An epidural block refers to either anesthesia or analgesia. The later is used for pain control for labo, after surgery , renal stones or other pain conditions. The former is used for surgery itself. The difference is the strength of the local anesthetic used for the block. The stronger the dose the more numb you become.

Regional: It my combined with general anesthesia, used for post op pain, or include local injections for longer lasting analgesia.

Regional: This is a regional anesthetic technique that uses local anesthesia injected around the spinal cord.