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Prolonged lower-limb numbness may signal obstetric nerve injury. (After Epidural Use).
HILTON HEAD, S.C. -- Lower-limb neurologic complications after labor epidural could be a sign of obstetric nerve injury if symptoms don't resolve within 24 hours, Dr. Manuel Vallejo said.
In a study of 20,500 patients who received labor epidural analgesia blocks at Magee-Womens Hospital in Pittsburgh, only 52 (0.25%) were found to have post-delivery numbness in the lower limbs, he said in a poster presentation at the annual meeting of the Society for Obstetric Anesthesia and Perinatology.
All women had received an initiation dose of 0.25% bupivacaine in 5-mL increments up to a ...
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