[Oxytocic use and duration of labor under peridural ambulatory analgesia].

Objective: Extradural analgesia is associated with an increase duration of labor and oxytocin use.

Material And Methods: We conducted a study of walking during active labor under extradural analgesia among 41 women. This group, with uncomplicated pregnancies, was similar to associate with a usual-care group according to the following criteria: maternal age, parity, gestational age, Bishop's score at the admission, and labor entrance mode.