Sarcouncil Journal of Medicine and Surgery

Abstract: Background and Purpose: The type of anesthesia utilized during cesarean delivery has a considerable impact on maternal and fetal outcomes. Therefore, the present study is intended to compare general anesthesia and spinal anesthesia with respect to anesthetic maternal and neonatal perioperative outcomes. Methods: It was a cross-sectional study on 100 cesarean women, 50 of whom received GA, and 50 underwent SA. It collected data regarding demographic characteristics, pre-operative laboratory outcomes, surgical outcomes, postoperative complications, maternal satisfaction, and neonatal outcomes. Results: In comparison between anesthesia techniques (general and spinal), it enrolled clinical outcomes of 100 cases (50 under general vs 50 under spinal). Based on the general anesthesia group, we found that the duration of surgery was 45.3 ± 10.2 minutes, the duration of hospital stay was 5.2 ± 1.0 days, uterine atony incidence had 20%, post-cesarean complications had 40%, 40% of women were very satisfied, NICU admission got 16%, and low birth weight (<2500 g) was 8% of total women. Based on the spinal anesthesia group, the current outcomes shown that the duration of surgery was 38.1 ± 8.5 minutes, the duration of hospital stay was 3.8 ± 0.8 days, uterine atony incidence had 6%, post-cesarean complications had 26%, 80% of women were very satisfied, NICU admission got 4%. Low birth weight (<2500 g) was 4% of total women. Conclusion: SA showed superior maternal and newborn outcomes compared with GA in cesarean births, enabling speedier recovery and increased satisfaction in both mothers and fetuses