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Background: Epidural anesthesia is extensively used worldwide for pain relief in labor and more lately as an alternative and preferred form of anesthesia for caesarean sections; although its use is gaining universality, its outcome on the duration of labor is still debatable. Our meta-analysis aimed at analyzing the effects of epidural analgesia on duration of labor in primigravid women focusing on duration of labor.
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