Abstract There is an ongoing controversy over whether epidural analgesia for women in labor increases the probability … of Caesarean section. Previous research compared results from three methods for estimating the effect of epidural …

Epidural analgesia and intravenous analgesia with opioids are two techniques for providing pain relief for women in … labour. Labour pain is comparable to surgical pain in its severity, and epidural analgesia provides better relief from this … first stage of labour. Epidural analgesia also has fewer adverse effects. However, providing epidural analgesia for labour …