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Can you get an epidural anesthesia with the same drugs used for labor for hysteroscopy and biopsy? or do you need a spinal anesthesia with stronger drugs if you want to be awake for hysteroscopy?
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The same local anesthethic, bupivacaine, is used for most procedures.
Answered 11/19/2022
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