Study Objective: To determine the postoperative analgesic efficacy of, and the effects on,
intraoperative inhalational anesthetic requirements of preincisional caudal epidural block …

Methods: Fifty children aged 6 months to 6 years were included in the study. Children were
divided blindly between the two groups to receive pre-vs. post-incisional caudal …

Background Umbilical hernia repair is a common pediatric surgical procedure. While opioid
analgesics are a feasible option and have long been a mainstay in the pharmacological …

Background: Single dose caudal epidural is commonly utilized for postoperative analgesia
in children. Previous studies have determined the optimal concentration of local anaesthetic …

Background: Umbilical hernia repair, a common day surgery procedure in children, is
associated with significant postoperative discomfort. The rectus sheath block may offer …

Awake regional anaesthesia for inguinal hernia repair in former preterm infants is suggested
to avoid life‐threatening respiratory complications known to occur after general anaesthesia …

Former premature infants represent a high risk surgical population. In order to minimize the
risk of postoperative apnoea, subarachnoid blockade without sedation is known to be …

Background: In this study we compare the postoperative pain relief for inguinal herniotomy
in children provided by instillation of bupivacaine into the wound with that provided by a …

This preliminary study describes a new technique to provide analgesia in children
undergoing umbilical hernia repair. The para‐umbilical block consists of infiltrating the …

The authors prospectively evaluated the efficacy of caudal epidural block versus local
infiltration combined with ilioinguinal/iliohypogastric block for analgesia after inguinal …