What is 'regional anesthesia'?

What is 'regional anesthesia'?

Regional anesthesia is when you make a region of the body numb, as opposed to general anesthesia, which anesthetizes the entire body. Regional anesthesia techniques includes final or epidural anesthesia. They will make the region of the body numb from approximately the umbilicus or belly button down. You can therefore operate on the groin area, or the perineum with the lower extremities. Caudal anesthesia is also a regional aesthetic, which is used to anesthetize an area which would basically be whatever touches a saddle. For instance, if you are riding a horse or a donkey. And that's used for perinea surgery as well. These are regional anesthesia techniques that make a certain area of a body numb and or give a motor block. Motor block means the area will not move when the surgeon is operating upon it.