Why the study?
Does general anesthesia compared to lumbar epidural analgesia improve maternal and newborn parameters in elective cesarean section?
Does general anesthesia compared to lumbar epidural analgesia improve maternal and newborn parameters in elective cesarean section?
Neither general anesthesia nor lumbar epidural analgesia can be vigorously recommended over the other from the standpoint of the newborn's condition for elective cesarean section.
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Mixed newborn metrics preclude favoring GA or LEA in elective cesarean; leaves open optimal technique pending higher-level trials.
James et al. (1977) studied this question.
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