caudal block

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Noun1.caudal block - regional anesthesia resulting from injection of an anesthetic into the caudal end of the spinal canal; now largely replaced by epidural anesthesia
caudal anaesthesia, caudal anesthesia
regional anaesthesia, regional anesthesia - loss of sensation in a region of the body produced by application of an anesthetic agent to all the nerves supplying that region (as when an epidural anesthetic is administered to the pelvic region during childbirth)
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Dexamethasone in combination with caudal block has been demonstrated to be effective in postoperative management of orchiopexy.14 It was also more effective in pain management compared to caudal block alone.
Efficacy of dexamethasone on postoperative analgesia in children undergoing hypospadias repair
[1] Unfortunately, motor blockade resulting from caudal block may be a cause of distress to children in the postoperative period and could lead to delayed hospital discharge.
Caudal block using ropivacaine with or without tramadol in children for lower abdominal and lower limb surgery
Analgesia was provided with caudal block using 0.25% bupivacaine.
EMERGENCE FROM ANESTHESIA IN CHILDREN UNDERGOING AMBULATORY SURGERY- A COMPARISON BETWEEN PROPOFOL AND SEVOFLURANE USING SINGLE ANESTHETIC TECHNIQUE
In a another study of patients undergoing paediatric groin surgery, the addition of an US-guided ilioinguinal nerve block to a single-shot caudal block decreased pain scores (59).
The role of regional anaesthesia techniques in the management of acute pain
Caudal block since its first description in 1933 for paediatric urological interventions has evolved to become the most popular regional anaesthetic technique for use in children.
A randomised, double-blind, prospective study of caudal ropivacaine versus ropivacaine with fentanyl versus ropivacaine with neostigmine for combined epidural and general anaesthesia in children
The time interval from caudal block to the first analgesic consumption was considered as analgesia time" and recorded.
Caudal ropivacaine and bupivacaine for postoperative analgesia in infants undergoing lower abdominal surgery
There are no prospective randomised studies comparing the use of PVB versus caudal block (CB) for outpatient inguinal hernia repair surgery in children.
Single level paravertebral versus caudal block in paediatric inguinal surgery
Single shot caudal block with bupivacaine is the most commonly used regional technique for intraoperative and postoperative pain relief in children.
A comparative evaluation of ropivacaine hydrochloride and ropivacaine hydrochloride with dexmedetomidine for caudal epidural anaesthesia in paediatric patients undergoing elective infraumbilical surgeries
Children with neurological or psychiatric diseases or attention deficit disorder, emergency procedures, medical contraindication to performance of the caudal block or a previous anaesthesia experience were not included in the study.
Ondansetron does not modify emergence agitation in children
Patients were randomly divided into two groups of twenty patients each for caudal block. Children received the following drugs.
Caudal analgesia in paediatrics: comparison between bupivacaine alone and in Combination with ketamine for postoperative analgesia in GVMC, Vellore
An analysis of the complications of extradural and caudal block. Anaesthesia 1969; 24:554-563.
An adherent transversus abdominis plane catheter
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