The maternal and neonatal effects of adding tramadol to 2% lidocaine in epidural anesthesia for cesarean section.

Background: Opioid analgesics are commonly added to epidural local anesthetics to improve analgesia during surgery.

Objectives: The goal of this study was to evaluate the maternal and neonatal effects of adding different doses of tramadol to 2% lidocaine in the epidural anesthesia for cesarean section.

Patients And Methods: Ninety pregnant patients who were candidates for cesarean section under epidural anesthesia were randomly categorized into three groups.