Ropivacaine 0.75% Versus Levobupivacaine 0.5% for Conversion of Labour Epidural
Status:
Withdrawn
Trial end date:
2014-08-01
Target enrollment:
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Summary
The aim of this trial is to compare the local anaesthetic ropivacaine to local anaesthetic
levobupivacaine in converting the standard patient controlled labour epidural to provide
anaesthesia for an emergency Caesarean section. This is a technique commonly known as an
epidural top-up. The investigators set out to disprove the hypothesis that there is no
difference between the 2 local anaesthetics in the time of onset and number of times epidural
top-up needs supplementing during surgery.