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Acta Anaesthesiol. Sin. · Dec 1994
Comparative StudyComparison of the incidence of postpartum low back pain in natural childbirth and cesarean section with spinal anesthesia.
- C H Wang, K W Cheng, C A Neoh, S Tang, B Jawan, and J H Lee.
- Department of Anesthesiology, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Kaohsiung.
- Acta Anaesthesiol. Sin. 1994 Dec 1;32(4):243-6.
BackgroundMany parturients and their obstetricians believe that spinal anesthesia will cause low back pain (LBP).Materials & MethodsWe studied prospectively a total of 160 parturients; 80 of them had cesarean section (CS) with spinal anesthesia and another 80 who had natural childbirth. Incidence of LBP was investigated and compared in these patients before pregnancy, during pregnancy and postpartum.ResultsOur result showed that before pregnancy, about one third (33.1%) of the parturients already had LBP and the incidence of LBP seemed to increase during pregnancy. The incidence of LBP decreased gradually postpartum. There was no difference in the incidence of postpartum LBP between the CS with spinal anesthesia group and the natural childbirth group.ConclusionsWe concluded that postpartum LBP could be related to changes during pregnancy and not related to spinal anesthesia.
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