To compare the application and efficacy of ropivacaine combined with sufentanil for continuous epidural anesthesia (CEA) and combined spinal-epidural anesthesia (CSEA) in labor analgesia.

Three hundred sixty pregnant women requesting labor analgesia from October 2017 to August 2018 were selected retrospectively.

According to the anesthetic method, subjects were divided into CSEA group and CEA group.

Ropivacaine combined with sufentanil were used in all subjects. The labor time, visual analogue scale (VAS), Apgar score of newborn, adverse pregnancy outcomes and adverse drug reactions were observed.