Obstetric anaesthesia

Nerve Injury Following Birth, the Role of Epidural Analgesia—A Protocol for a Scoping Review

Acta Anaesthesiol ScandPublished Protocol for a scoping review

Study context

Population
Studies reporting postpartum nerve injury in relation to epidural procedures
Primary endpoint
Methodological approaches used to study postpartum nerve injury following epidural analgesia (case identification, diagnostic assessment, follow-up, reporting of obstetric and anesthetic attribution)
Methodological detailsPRISMA-ScR framework, systematic database searching, Data to be charted on study design, exposure definitions, etiological attribution strategies, outcome ascertainment and follow-up methods
  • PRISMA-ScR framework
  • Systematic database searching
  • Data to be charted on study design, exposure definitions, etiological attribution strategies, outcome ascertainment and follow-up methods

No results yet. This paper sets out the design of a trial; its results are to come.

Original publication

Nerve Injury Following Birth, the Role of Epidural Analgesia—A Protocol for a Scoping Review. Acta Anaesthesiol Scand. Published 4 August 2026. doi:10.1111/aas.70313

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