Postnatal paraparesis following epidural analgesia and forceps delivery

Epidural analgesia for labor and delivery.

n engl j med 362;16 nejm.org april 22, 201

The efficacy and safety of low dose epidural butorphanol on postoperative analgesia following cesarean delivery.

Butorphanol is considered an effective and safe analgesic after cesarean delivery but is associated with profound dose-dependent sedation. Somnolence may cause hindrance in early mother-baby interaction. This study was designed to assess the analgesic efficacy and to monitor side-effects of low doses (0.5 mg and 0.75 mg) of epidural butorphanol with bupivacaine compared to bupivacaine alone in ...

Mode of delivery following labor epidural analgesia: influence of ropivacaine and bupivacaine.

Epidural analgesia is a popular and effective method for pain relief during labor. Bupivacaine is a commonly used local anesthetic for labor epidural analgesia. Ropivacaine is an amino acid local anesthetic that is structurally related to bupivacaine with a similar potency and duration, but ropivacaine has less cardiac toxicity than bupivacaine and produces less motor blockade. These properties...

Continuous lumbar epidural analgesia for labour and delivery.

Lumbosacral plexus injury following vaginal delivery with epidural analgesia -A case report-

A 26 year old, healthy, 41 week primiparous woman received a patient-controlled epidural analgesia (PCEA) and experienced paraplegia 11 hours later after a vaginal delivery. This was thought to be the result of complications from PCEA but there was no specific abnormality on magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of the lumbosacral spine. On an electromyography (EMG) study performed 15 days following...