There are four types of medical anesthetics used by medical professionals, depending on what type of procedure you are having. Share on Pinterest Santi Nuñez/Stocksy United Anesthesia is used to ...

Regional anesthesia—typically with a spinal or epidural block—has long been favored for cesarean births due in part to concerns about the effects that general anesthesia may have on newborns during ...

Starting a patient-controlled epidural anesthesia (PCEA) infusion while the patient is still in the operating room (OR)—rather than in the recovery room after the procedure—may help provide better ...