TY - JOUR T1 - Incidence of long term backache was similar between women receiving epidural analgesia during labour and those who did not JF - Evidence Based Medicine JO - Evid Based Med SP - 144 LP - 144 DO - 10.1136/ebm.6.5.144 VL - 6 IS - 5 A2 - , Y1 - 2001/09/01 UR - http://ebm.bmj.com/content/6/5/144.abstract N2 - (2001) BJOG 108, 27. Howell CJ, Kidd C, Roberts W, et al.. A randomised controlled trial of epidural compared with non-epidural analgesia in labour.. Jan;. :. –33.OpenUrlCrossRefPubMed
 
 QUESTION: In women during labour, does epidural analgesia lead to long term backache more than non-epidural analgesia? Randomised (allocation concealed*), unblinded,* controlled trial with 12 months follow up. Maternity unit of a district general hospital in Staffordshire, UK. 369 women (mean age 24 y) at first pregnancy who were in spontaneous, full term labour, had a normal obstetric and medical history, had no contraindication to either form of analgesia, were willing to participate, and had continued eligibility at time of labour. Follow up was 85% at 3 months and 88% at 12 months. Women were allocated to epidural analgesia (n=184) or non-epidural analgesia (n=185). Epidural analgesia consisted of 0.25% bupivacaine (10 ml) with top ups of 5 to … ER -