2006-07-07 18:32:49 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Health ➔ Other - Health
No, they are not the same! The spinal cord and the nerves are contained in a sac of cerebrospinal fluid. The space around this sac is the epidural space. With spinal anesthesia the injection is given directly into the fluid sac. Epidurals are injections given into the space outside the sac. Spinals and epidurals have the same effect . But the spinal injection has an immediate effect since it is given in a more "direct" route.
2006-07-07 18:41:19 · answer #1 · answered by ilse72 7 · 4⤊ 0⤋
The epidural space (sometimes called the extradural space) is a part of the human spine inside the spinal canal separated from the spinal cord and its surrounding cerebrospinal fluid by the dura mater. The term epidural is often short for epidural anesthesia, a form of regional anesthesia involving injection of drugs through a catheter placed into the epidural space. The injection can cause both a loss of sensation and a loss of pain (analgesia).
The epidural space is also of clinical interest since its cranial part contains vessels (e.g. the middle meningeal artery) susceptible to lesions after head traumas, causing a potentially lethal (if not treated immediately) collection of blood called an extradural or epidural hematoma.
2006-07-08 01:42:07 · answer #2 · answered by opentogainknowledge 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A spinal and an epidural are the same things......They ease the pain of childbirth greatly (all you feel is pressure when it is time to push) and are a Godsend......
2006-07-08 01:39:54 · answer #3 · answered by mizzzzthang 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
None. It;s the same thing.
2006-07-08 01:35:35 · answer #4 · answered by Larry T 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
nothing.............
2006-07-08 01:35:23 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋