NCT03381690

Preoperative Epidural Labor Analgesia and Postoperative Pain

The Influence of Preoperative Epidural Labor Analgesia on Postoperative Pain in Parturients Undergoing Cesarean Section: a Retrospective Analysis

• Status: Completed
• Phase: —
• Study type: Observational
• Enrollment: 222 (actual)
• Sponsor: Seoul National University Bundang Hospital · Academic / Other
• Sex: Female
• Age: 20 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

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.

Conditions

• Cesarean Section

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
PROCEDURE	Epidural labor analgesia	Epidural catheter was inserted for labor analgesia using an 18-gauge Tuohy needle and a 20 gauge epidural catheter. In our institute, for epidural labor analgesia, 10 ml bolus of 0.075% levobupivacaine mixed with fentanyl 2 μg/ml was administered and same regimen was continuously infused by patient-controlled epidural analgesia (infusion rate : 10 ml/hr, bolus : 4 ml, lockout time: 30 min).

Timeline

• Start date: 2017-09-01
• Primary completion: 2018-08-31
• Completion: 2018-08-31
• First posted: 2017-12-22
• Last updated: 2019-11-22

Locations

1 site across 1 country: South Korea