… Spinal anaesthesia for minor paediatric surgery Our recent experience using spinal
anaesthesia for paediatric surgical … Lumbar puncture failed in four of 34 patients, 12 required …

… SA for minor paediatric … spinal anaesthesia (SA) in paediatric surgery for operations below
the umbilicus. SA can provide extensive anaesthesia and good muscle relaxation with a small …

… spinal block including ease of performance, efficacy, adverse effects and complications in
1132 children, aged 6 months to 14 years, undergoing surgery … with relatively small numbers of …

… plications up to 30%, they usually are minor and not clinically significant. However, problems
associated with regional anesthesia may be underestimated.One study concluded that the …

… Most paediatric surgeons prefer to correct these hernias by 60 weeks PCA. With the …
However, the overall number of infants studied remains small, with a limited number of institutions …

… Continuous spinal anaesthesia allows the use of a small initial dose of local … Journal of
Pediatric Surgery 1992; 27: 1022±1025. 26. Rice LJ, DeMars PD, Whalen TV et al. …

… Various lengths of spinal needle are available for infants and small children, ranging from
25… suitable in small children. In school-aged children, a standard length adult spinal needle …

… regional anaesthetic technique is less frequently used in paediatric anaesthesia even though
it can be used for minor (eg … with 300 paediatric surgical cases performed under spinal …

… anaesthesia is still used as the criterion standard for most paediatric surgical procedures,
regional anaesthesia has … The standard anaesthetic technique in neonates and small infants …

… anaesthetic infusions in neonates and small infants, obviating the increased risk of local …
Debate continues over certain practices in paediatric regional anaesthesia. While the rarity of …