Anesthesia of the pudendal nerve - a solution to help relieve pain during childbirth at Vinmec

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The article was professionally consulted by Specialist Doctor I Nguyen Xuan Tinh - Anesthesiologist - Resuscitation - Department of General Surgery - Vinmec Phu Quoc International General Hospital. The doctor has more than 18 years of experience studying and working in the field of Anesthesia - Resuscitation.
In order to help pregnant women avoid acute pain, anesthesiologists can now perform pudendal nerve anesthesia. This is a simple anesthetic injection procedure performed under ultrasound guidance.

1. What is the pudendal nerve?

The pudendal nerve is one of the main nerves in the pelvis that helps support other areas such as:
The lower buttocks. The area between the buttocks and the genitals. The area around the rectum. Women have pain in the vulva, vagina and clitoris. Male pain in the scrotum and penis. The pudendal nerve is a nerve that travels from the pelvis to the anal region, to the external genitalia and to the perineum (the skin between the anus and the genitals). The pudendal nerve also controls certain organs of the anus and bladder and is directly involved in pain during childbirth.

2. Anesthesia of the pudendal nerve - a solution to help relieve pain during childbirth

At Vinmec, in order to relieve pain at the episiotomy after childbirth, to ensure a quick recovery for pregnant women, they will be numbed by ultrasound machine (neurological anesthesia). For pregnant women who have a caesarean section, they will be anesthetized by the sciatic nerve on both sides with an ultrasound machine in the treatment of postoperative pain.
Results of the most recent evaluation of analgesia showed that all pregnant women who gave birth by caesarean section did not have to use morphine, and post-partum pain when moving and living was almost no longer recorded.
With long-term experience and with the support of modern ultrasound equipment, Vinmec doctors will find the exact place to numb the lumbar squamous muscle, ensuring safety for the mother. In addition to anesthesia of the lumbar squamous muscles under ultrasound guidance, in Obstetrics and Gynecology, Vinmec also deploys the technique of pudendal neuroanaesthesia (spinal anesthesia, epidural anesthesia), to help pregnant women experience life in a safe way. the most comfortable, whether it's a vaginal birth or a cesarean section.
The injection not only provides immediate pain relief, but also prevents the feeling of perineal pain after leaving the delivery room. Pregnant women can discuss and suggest that the doctor use this method of anesthesia after giving birth to have a faster recovery and less pain. Thanks to these measures, mothers giving birth at Vinmec can enjoy complete pain relief, quick recovery, early return of bowel movements, early exercise and walking, and no chronic pain.
The positive effects from the ultrasound-guided anesthetic technique have been replicated and applied by Vinmec to other types of surgery, helping to shorten the recovery time, significantly reduce the mortality rate in surgery, improve the quality of life for patients. This is also the trend that the anesthesiology industry around the world is heading towards.

3. Complete peace of mind with Vinmec maternity package

3.1 Prenatal care

At the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology - Vinmec International General Hospital, pregnant women receive antenatal check-ups from time to time, tests and ultrasounds at the right stage help doctors assess the mother's health and promptly detect factors that affect the mother's health. baby abnormality. Before giving birth, mothers will attend prenatal classes to prepare psychologically as well as basic knowledge to be ready to welcome the baby.

3.2 During childbirth

With an advanced and modern painless delivery method and a team of highly qualified professional anesthesiologists, pregnant women will no longer have to struggle with pain, they will have a painless delivery experience in the comfort of their own home. Vinmec is completely different.
Whether a mother has a vaginal birth or a cesarean section, she is skin-to-skin with her baby right after birth. Particularly for cesarean section, depending on the mother's health status, the time of skin-to-skin contact with the mother is less, so the baby will be skin-to-skin with the father in a separate skin-to-skin contact room.

3.3 Postpartum and postpartum recovery

After the birth, mother and baby will rest and relax in a comfortable, international hotel standard room with dedicated and professional care from a team of doctors and nurses at the hospital. Me and the baby will be given a full package for the birth, the family will not have to carry a lot of things, but only need to bring a thin blanket to give the baby on the day of discharge.
The professional nursing team will help relieve the hardships and worries so that the mother and relatives can fully enjoy the joy of welcoming a new member.
Mothers will also be consulted by pediatricians, leading nutritionists in Vietnam on methods of feeding and taking care of their babies. Now, labor pains are no longer a worry for pregnant women because there is Vinmec with the most advanced medical equipment and technology and a team of highly qualified doctors and nurses with many years of experience in the profession. Anesthesia of the pudendal nerve - a solution to help relieve pain during childbirth at Vinmec.
In addition to pain due to medical diseases, pain after surgery, pain after vaginal birth or caesarean section is an obsession. Understanding that, Vinmec has sought to "manage pain" to achieve the highest and safest treatment effect, including the method of causing neuralgia.

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