Objective To evaluate the effect of different intravenous analgesia methods on postoperative incisional and uterine contraction pain after cesarean section.Methods Four hundred parturients (ASA Ⅱ-Ⅱ) undergoing cesarean section were randomly allocated into 4 groups,including sufentanil group (group S,96 cases),sufentanil combined with flurbiprofen axetil group (group SK,99 cases),butorphanol group (group N,106 cases) and butorphanol combined with llurbiprofen axetil group (group NK,99 cases).All the parturients received the operation under epidural combined with spinal anesthesia,and received patient-controlled intravenous analgesia (PCIA) after cesarean section.Numerical rating scale (NRS) of postoperative rest and dynamic incisional pain and uterine contraction pain,Ramsay sedation scale (RSS),and PCIA-related adverse events were recorded for 24 h after operation.Results All the parturients were finished this study.The age,body weight,gestational weeks and operative time in 4 groups had no significant difference (P ＞ 0.05).The NRS score of rest incisional pain was equivalent among the 4 groups (P ＞ 0.05).The NRS score of dynamic incisional pain after operative 13 h in group S was significantly lower than that in group N[(3.6 + 1.3) scores vs.(5.4 + 1.2) scores](P＜ 0.05).The NRS score of uterine contraction pain after operative 4,13 h in group N and group SK was lower than that in group S [(1.3 ± 1.0),(1.1 ± 0.9) scores vs.(2.5 ± 1.1) scores and (1.6 ± 1.0),(1.4 ± 0.9) scores vs.(2.9 ± 1.1) scores] (P ＜ 0.05).The RSS scores and incidence rate of dizziness were significantly higher in group N than those in group S (P ＜0.05).No abnormality of new-horn infant was recorded in 4 groups.Conclusion Sufentanil combined with nonsteroidal antiinflammatory drugs can perform effective and safe analgesia on postoperative incisional and uterine contraction pain after cesarean section.