A anesthesia ea mokokotlo ke anesthesia ya mmele o tlase. E na le ho kenya moriana o thethefatsang kutlo ka kotloloho ho se nang le lero le leholo (CSF), mokelikeli o pota-potileng mokokotlo oa mokokotlo, boemong ba mokokotlo o ka tlaase pakeng tsa li-vertebrae tse peli tsa lumbar. Ke mofuta oa anesthesia e sebelisoang haholo ho buuoa.

Anesthesia ea mokokotlo e tšoana leepidural anesthesia, empa ente ea moriana o thethefatsang pelo ha e etsahale "kamoreng" e tšoanang.

Ka 'nete, ho na le li-membrane tse 3 ho potoloha tsamaiso ea methapo e bohareng (tsena ke li-meninges):

• la nako e telele
• eaarachnoid
• la piano

Tsena li arola libaka tse peli: sebaka sa epidural le sebaka sa subbarachnoid (pakeng tsa arachnoid le pia mater, e nang le CSF),

Ho thethefatsa lesapo la mokokotlo ho kenyelletsa ho kenya moriana o thethefatsang sebakeng sa subarachnoid, athe moriana o thethefatsang, nakong ea epidural, ha o tšele dura (lera le sireletsang la cerebrospinal fluid).