title: Factors influencing backache following epidural analgesia in labour.
abstract: 262 obstetric patients received epidural analgesia during labour or for delivery. 6-8 weeks post partum they received a postal questionnaire. No association was found between backache and maternal age, height, weight, parity or mode of delivery, operator or difficulty with epidural insertion. However, in women who had had epidural analgesia, post-partum backache was associated with shorter labours. Difficult epidural insertions were more common in short women.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anaesthetics, Bellshill Maternity Hospital, Lanarkshire, Scotland, UK.
authors.forename: V A
authors.initials: VA
authors.lastname: Clark
authors.forename: M A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: McQueen