Introduction: Epidural analgesia is the most effective technique of labour analgesia. However increase in instrumental delivery is one of the hindrance factor in practise of epidural labour analgesia. Our previous study on labour analgesia with 0.1% Levobupivacaine showed 32% instrumental delivery and none in 0.1% Ropivacaine group. We hypothesized that 0.08% Levobupivacaine with fentanyl may reduce the incidence of instrumental delivery similar to 0.1% Ropivacaine with fentanyl and provide better maternal outcome. Hence, we decided to compare the effectiveness of 0.1% Ropivacaine and 0.08% Levobupivacaine with fentanyl 2g/ml as an adjuvant for epidural labor analgesia in terms of mode of delivery, onset, duration and quality of analgesia.
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