Epidural analgesia given during labor does not result in higher incidences of long-term low back pain, disability, or movement restriction compared with other methods of pain relief. Although epidural analgesia is given to some 100,000 British women each year during labour, little is known on long-term effects.
Anecdotal reports or case series have concentrated on more severe side effects, such as extremely rare neurological complications, and earlier studies into back pain and epidural analgesia have produced inconsistent results.
In light of the great human, medical, and economic costs of chronic low back pain, Dr. Charlotte Howell, anaesthetist, and colleagues at the Academic Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, North Staffordshire Hospital, Stoke on Trent, England carried out a comparative, randomised, controlled trial.
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