Extensively revised and updated, this edition offers a unique guide to the use of epidurals in obstetrics. Care has been taken to incorporate all recent changes to techniques and management in ...

Epidurals can reduce the risk of serious complications for mothers during childbirth, a study of more than half a million Britons found. Those who had the pain relief had a smaller chance ...

Mothers who opt for pain relieving epidurals during labour are missing out on the benefits brought by the pain of giving birth, so says senior male midwife, Dr Denis Walsh. Childbirth may be painful ...

During fiscal 2022, 386 women opted for the pain-relief method during childbirth. It is performed by inserting a thin tube into the epidural space of the spine and injecting a local anesthetic.

An epidural is an anesthetic delivered through a catheter (small tube) into a potential space outside the spinal cord called the epidural space. Using this catheter, we are able to infuse a solution ...