A caesarean section is a major surgical procedure, carried out when a vaginal birth may pose risks to the mother or baby. Anaesthesia plays a crucial role in ensuring the procedure is safe and ...

Women in labour who need early pain relief need not fear that an epidural makes it more likely that they'll have to have a cesarean section. Compared with intravenous narcotic pain control, epidural ...

Regional anesthesia—typically with a spinal or epidural block—has long been favored for cesarean births due in part to concerns about the effects that general anesthesia may have on newborns during ...