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Might a spinal epidural (for pain relief) can cause permanent weakness or numbness in the legs?
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Yes: Depending on the level where it was injected and how it was performed it could, the higher the spinal, the more likely it could contact the spinal cord or a spinal nerve, trauma from the needle or from toxicity of the solution could do that, although it is fairly rare.
Answered 2/9/2015
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