Every anesthetist should have the expertise to perform lumbar puncture that is the
prerequisite to induce spinal anesthesia. Spinal anesthesia is easy and effective technique …

Spinal anesthesia (SA) in pediatrics began to be used in the late nineteenth century in
multiple procedures, with priority for high-risk and former preterm infants, for its suggested …

A large number of published studies have shown that the use of diverse regional
anaesthetic techniques is associated with high-quality pain relief following the different types …

Background Inguinal hernia repair is the most frequently performed surgical procedure in
infants and children. Especially in premature infants, prevalence reaches up to 30% in …

Als Spinalanästhesie bezeichnet man die Injektion einer Substanz in den Liquor
cerebrospinalis mit dem Zweck, eine sensorische und ggf. motorische Blockade zu erzielen …

Purpose The caudal epidural space is a popular site for analgesia in pediatrics. High
variation in blind needle placement is common during caudal epidurals, increasing the risk …

Neonates are both capable of experiencing pain and memory formation, albeit implicit
memory. During surgical procedures, insufficient ablation of the stress response and …

Background: Intrathecal (IT) neostigmine produces dose‐dependent analgesia in adults.
However, the dose of spinal neostigmine has not been investigated in infants. The purpose …

Objective To determine the anaesthetic and systemic effects of dorsolumbar epidural
anaesthesia using non‐stylet multiport catheters via the caudal approach to administer …

Gastrostomy placement is crucial in neurologically impaired (NI) children to ensure an
adequate food intake and a safe route for drugs administration and to reduce the risk of …