Frequency of Instrumental Vaginal Delivery in Patients with and without Receiving Epidural Analgesia

Aims and Objectives: Frequency of instrumental vaginal delivery in women receiving epidural analge-sia and those who are not receiving. Study Design: It was a cohort study. Duration: 6th month. Results: Majority of the patients were found between 20 – 25 years of age in both A B groups, in Group – A 46.11% (n = 83) and in Group – B 52.22% (n = 94), mean and standard deviation was calculated 26.21 ± 3.56 in Group – A and 27.34 ± 3.78 in Group – B, comparison of instrumental vaginal delivery reveals 10.55% (n = 19) in Group – A were with instrumental delivery while in Group – B only 2.78% (n = 5) cases were found delivered with instruments. Conclusion: Epidural analgesia is considered to be an effective method of pain relief during labor but due to the higher risk of increased duration of 2nd stage of labour it increases the possibility of instrumental deli-very.