Preoperative Epidural Labor Analgesia and Postoperative Pain

Seoul National University

Status: Completed

Conditions: Cesarean Section

Treatments: Procedure: Epidural labor analgesia

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT03381690

Csec postop pain

Details and patient eligibility

About

Parturients who undergo emergency Cesarean section (C-sec) after experiencing labor pain are likely to develop pain-induced central sensitization. The investigators hypothesized that those without epidural labor analgesia undergoing subsequent emergency C-sec would experience more severe postoperative pain or require more analgesia after C-sec compared to those with epidural labor analgesia. Thus, the investigators conducted this retrospective study by grouping parturients undergoing emergency C-sec after experiencing labor pain into two groups (epidural labor group and no epidural labor group) and those undergoing elective C-sec aimed to compare the effect of epidural labor analgesia on postoperative pain severity and analgesic consumption.

Enrollment: 222 patients

Sex: Female

Ages: 20+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Cesarean section(C-sec) under spinal anesthesia

Exclusion criteria

• Patients without accurate medical records
• Failure of epidural analgesia

Trial design

222 participants in 3 patient groups

Epidural (ED) emergent C-sec

Treatment:

Procedure: Epidural labor analgesia

Non-ED emergent C-sec

Non-ED elective C-sec