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Spinal anesthesia is a technique used prior to surgery in which a local anesthetic is injected into target areas along the spine to block pain and make surgical procedures possible while the patient is conscious. Typically it is administered through a small needle and has found success in older patients, especially in lumbar spinal surgery cases. This is an alternative procedure to traditional anesthesia which is typically used to put the patient into a form of sleep or unconsciousness.