The main difference between spinal block and epidural is that spinal block is a single-shot, short-acting regional anesthesia injected into the spinal canal that provides anesthesia for a particular surgical procedure while epidural is a continuous, long-acting regional anesthesia injected into the space around the spinal cord.
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