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The majority of patients get great benefits from an epidural. However, sometimes there are technical problems that prevent getting the needle into the epidural space. Occasionally (5% of the time), pain relief is one-sided or patchy, but the anesthesiologist can usually do something about this, most often without needing to repeat the procedure.
