Abstract:Objective To investigate the effects of combined spinal-epidural analgesia with sufentanil and ropivacaine in women undergoing transvaginal analgesic delivery.Methods A prospective randomized controlled trial was conducted. A total of 126 parturients who received analgesic delivery in our hospital between March 2023 and March 2025 were selected and randomly divided into a control group (combined spinal-epidural analgesia with ropivacaine) and an observation group (combined spinal-epidural analgesia with sufentanil and ropivacaine), with 63 cases in each group. The duration of labor stages, onset and duration of analgesia, Visual Analog Scale (VAS) before and at different time points after analgesia, duration and interval of uterine contractions, neonatal outcomes, and incidence of adverse reactions were compared between the two groups.Results The observation group and the control group showed no statistically significant differences in age, body weight, gestational age, or American society of anesthesiologists (ASA) classification (P 0.05). The durations of the first, second, and third stages of labor in the observation group were significantly shorter than those in the control group (P 0.05). The onset time of analgesia in the observation group was shorter than that in the control group, and its analgesic duration was longer (P 0.05). There was no statistically significant difference in VAS scores before analgesia between the observation group and the control group (P 0.05). At 5, 15, 30, and 60 minutes after analgesia: (1) VAS scores differed significantly across time points (P 0.05); (2) VAS scores differed significantly between the observation group and the control group (P 0.05), with the observation group showing lower scores, indicating relatively better analgesic efficacy; (3) The trends of VAS score changes differed significantly between the two groups (P 0.05). No statistically significant differences were observed between the observation group and the control group in the duration and interval of uterine contractions (P 0.05). The 1-minute and 5-minute Apgar scores showed no statistically significant differences between the observation group and the control group (P 0.05). The total incidence of adverse reactions did not differ significantly between the observation group and the control group (P 0.05).Conclusion In transvaginal analgesic delivery, combined spinal-epidural analgesia with sufentanil and ropivacaine can provide rapid-onset, complete, and long-lasting analgesia, significantly shorten the stages of labor, and shows no adverse effects on maternal uterine contraction patterns, neonatal outcomes, or the incidence of adverse reactions, demonstrating an overall favorable safety profile.