What Is the Difference Between an Epideral and Spinal Anesthesia?

Spinal anesthetic differs in that it's a single shot of medication. With an epideral, we leave a small plastic tube behind so we can continue the medication indefinitely. Even though there as two separate techniques that are often done together, even though their two separate techniques are actually quite similar. It usually takes about ten, 15 minutes to get to the right spot but the feeling is pretty similar between the two for the person who's getting the procedure right.