Introduction
ADVERSE EVENTS
Epidural technique was first described in 1921, when Spanish surgeon Fidel Pagés proposed the epidural space as the route for anesthesia (metameric anesthesia) for 43 patients [There are numerous studies comparing the analgesic efficacy of the different local anesthetics (LA) employed for epidural analgesia, as well as their dosage and their rate [The present study aims to compare the analgesic efficacy and the motor blockade between two local anesthetic epidural infusions: levobupivacaine 0.0625% + fentanyl 2mcg/mL versus ropivacaine 0.075% + fentanyl 2mcg/mL, as well as the maternal and neonate adverse events related to the technique.