[Anesthesia and delivery].

Close collaboration of an informed anaesthetist with the obstetrician, and respect of the security protocols in every anaesthesia must guarantee the well-being of pregnant women. The development of loco-regional anaesthesia for use in labour analgesia and caesarean section has reduced the indications and the mortality related to general anaesthesia. In the last 30 years, analgesia and control of loco-regional anaesthesia effects have been greatly improved. Loco-regional anaesthesia protocols are now safe for the mother and various. Epidural anaesthesia using low concentrations of local anaesthetics allows parturient ambulation. Intrathecal anaesthesia, with combined spinal-epidural technique, is mostly used for caesarean-section and for the early and late labour.