Is local infiltration of an abdominal wound with an anesthetic as effective as epidural anesthesia for the control of postoperative pain? The authors of this article combined the results of 9 ...

Epidural analgesia remains a cornerstone in managing labour and surgical pain, with evolving techniques aiming to enhance both efficacy and safety. Traditionally, continuous epidural infusion (CEI) ...

The use of epidural anesthesia to alleviate pain during delivery is gradually gaining traction in Japan. However, its ...

Our objective was to determine whether epidural analgesia and histologic chorioamnionitis were independent predictors of intrapartum fever. This was a secondary analysis of a retrospective cohort ...

During the first stage of labor, a combined spinal-epidural (CSE) technique offers faster and better-quality analgesia (pain relief) compared to traditional epidural analgesia, according to a new ...

Association of epidural analgesia during labor with neonatal, childhood outcomes during the first 1000 days of life has been explored by a new study. Although during labor, the use of epidural ...

Epidural analgesia – a mix of anesthetics and narcotics delivered by catheter placed close to the nerves of the spine – is the most effective method of labor pain relief. In widespread use since the ...

With advancements in medical treatments around the world, childbirth no longer has to mean enduring overwhelming pain, thanks to epidural analgesia. An epidural is a form of pain relief that ...

Expanding access to epidural analgesia could improve maternal health, say researchers. Having an epidural during labour is associated with a marked reduction in serious complications in the first few ...

When epidural analgesia was first commonly used for pain relief in laboring women in the 1970s, it was an infusion into the spinal cord of a relatively large dose of an anesthetic drug such as ...

A study, published in the journal Obstetrics & Gynecology, indicated that epidural analgesia had no impact on the duration of the second stage of labor, fetal position during birth, prevalence of ...

Research has demonstrated that epidural medication had no effect on the duration of the second stage of labor, normal vaginal delivery rate, incidence of episiotomy, the position of the fetus at birth ...