Mohamed M. Farghali

Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt

Publications
  • Original Article   
    Effect of Labor Epidural Analgesia on Delivery of Second Twin: A Prospective Observational Study
    Author(s): Mohamed M. Farghali*, Abdelrady S. Ibrahim and Waleed S. Farrag

    Background: The delivery of the second twin remains a challenging issue, and the perinatal mortality rate was significantly higher for the retained second twins compared to the unretained second twins. There is no published data regarding the effect of epidural analgesia on delivery of second twin. Objectives: To evaluate the effect of epidural analgesia on delivery of second twin. Methods: 343 Women with twin pregnancies planned for trial of vaginal delivery from January 2014 to December 2019 were included in this prospective study. Studied women received lumbar epidural analgesia while parturient in control group received remifentanil intravenous patient-controlled analgesia (IV-PCA) as the insertion of epidural catheter was contraindicated as labor analgesia in this group. According to the mode of .. Read More»

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