International Journal of Surgery and Anesthesia Research

Obstetric Anesthesia

Obstetric anesthesia or obstetric anesthesiology, also known as ob-gyn anesthesia or ob-gyn anesthesiology is a sub-specialty of anesthesiology that provides peripartum (time directly preceding, during or following childbirth) pain relief (analgesia) for labor and anesthesia (suppress consciousness) for cesarean deliveries ('C-sections'). Meperidine is still popular in obstetrics today. Probably the most important discovery in obstetric anesthesia was the introduction of regional anesthesia, in which local anesthetics are used to block pain from a large area (or nerve distribution). 

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