Fetal pain is evident in the second half of pregnancy. Progress in the physiology of fetal pain, which is reviewed in this report, supports the notion that the fetus reacts to painful interventions during fetal surgery. Evidence here reported shows that it is an error to believe that the fet...
Labor results in severe pain for most women. In the absence of medical contraindication, maternal request is a sufficient indication for pain relief, which is performed in the vast majority of developed countries through neuraxial analgesia. Regional ana