LONG-TERM BACKACHE AFTER EXTRADURAL OR GENERAL ANAESTHESIA FOR MANUAL REMOVAL OF PLACENTA: PRELIMINARY REPORT
- 1 February 1993
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Elsevier in British Journal of Anaesthesia
- Vol. 70 (2) , 214-215
- https://doi.org/10.1093/bja/70.2.214
Abstract
A questionnaire designed to investigate the incidence of newly acquired, long-term backache was sent to women who had previously undergone manual removal of the placenta during a 12-month period in one maternity hospital. There was a significantly greater incidence of long-term backache in patients who had extradural anaesthesia specifically for manual removal of the placenta compared with patients receiving a general anaesthetic for the same procedure. The results of this retrospective study in a small population warrant examination in a large, prospective, controlled investigation.Keywords
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