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British Journal of Anaesthesia, 1972, Vol. 44, No. 11 1197-1199
© 1972 The Board of Management and Trustees of the British Journal of Anaesthesia

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POSTPARTUM COMPLICATIONS OF FORCEPS DELIVERY PERFORMED UNDER EPIDURAL AND PUDENDAL NERVE BLOCK

D. D. MOIR, MD., F.FJIJLC.S., D.OBST.R.C.O.G. and SHEILA DAVIDSON, R.G.N., S.C.M.

The Queen Mother's Hospital Glasgow G3 8SH.

In a prospective study of 100 primigravidae, 50 women had a forceps delivery under epidural block and 50 women had a forceps delivery under pudendal nerve block with perineal infiltration. There was no significant difference in the incidence of postpartum headache, upsets of micturition and backache between the two groups.


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