{"id":120216,"date":"2021-07-23T08:34:02","date_gmt":"2021-07-23T08:34:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/?p=120216"},"modified":"2023-06-21T07:12:57","modified_gmt":"2023-06-21T07:12:57","slug":"regional-anesthesia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/regional-anesthesia\/","title":{"rendered":"Regional anesthesia"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Anesthesia of an area of the body through administration of a local anesthetic that blocks a group of sensory nerve fibers. Kinds of regional anesthesia include epidural anesthesia, paracervical block, pudendal block, saddle block anesthesia, and spinal anesthesia.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>The use of medication to make a portion of the body unable to feel pain. Regional anesthesia works by blocking pain impulses from nerves located in the part of the body that is anesthetized. In some cases, regional anesthesia is combined with conscious sedation, leaving the person awake, relaxed, and insensitive to pain. For many types of surgery, regional anesthesia is preferred to general anesthesia because it has no effect on the respiratory system and may be safer for the patient.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>Nerve or field blocking, causing loss of sensation in a dermatome innervated by a specific nerve.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<div class=\"group w-full text-gray-800 dark:text-gray-100 border-b border-black\/10 dark:border-gray-900\/50 bg-gray-50 dark:bg-[#444654] sm:AIPRM__conversation__response\">\n<div class=\"flex p-4 gap-4 text-base md:gap-6 md:max-w-2xl lg:max-w-[38rem] xl:max-w-3xl md:py-6 lg:px-0 m-auto\">\n<div class=\"relative flex w-[calc(100%-50px)] flex-col gap-1 md:gap-3 lg:w-[calc(100%-115px)]\">\n<div class=\"flex flex-grow flex-col gap-3\">\n<div class=\"min-h-[20px] flex flex-col items-start gap-4 whitespace-pre-wrap break-words\">\n<div class=\"markdown prose w-full break-words dark:prose-invert light AIPRM__conversation__response\">\n<p>The process of impeding targeted nerve pathways involves the introduction of an anesthetic substance through injection into a precise region of the body, effectively blocking sensory signals in that area.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Anesthesia of an area of the body through administration of a local anesthetic that blocks a group of sensory nerve fibers. Kinds of regional anesthesia include epidural anesthesia, paracervical block, pudendal block, saddle block anesthesia, and spinal anesthesia. The use of medication to make a portion of the body unable to feel pain. Regional anesthesia [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-120216","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-r"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Regional anesthesia - Definition of Regional anesthesia<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Anesthesia of an area of the body through administration of a local anesthetic that blocks a group of sensory nerve fibers. 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