Sacral anesthesia is actually a shortened form of sacral anesthesia, and this type of treatment tends to be applied more often in pain medicine or orthopedics. When this type of treatment is done, it is often due to the presence of nerve root irritation associated with the lumbar and sacral spine, such as when a patient has a herniated lumbar disc. At this point it is possible to use sacral anesthesia as a form of treatment to relieve a range of pain due to inflammation around the nerve roots. During the procedure, the patient is placed in a prone position and a puncture is made at the very bottom of the sacrum, also known as the sacral cleft. Once the puncture is made into the spinal canal, anesthetic drugs are injected externally or dripped into the spinal canal, and anti-inflammatory and nerve-nourishing drugs are used in conjunction with the puncture. This treatment is usually followed by a short-term improvement in the symptoms of the patient. In addition, this treatment is called sacral paresthesia because it results in numbness in a part of the sacrococcygeal or perineal area. This treatment can also provide anesthesia to support surgery in this area, but it is less commonly used because the duration and range of action are not always constant.