A recent report provided anesthesiologists with reassuring data on the safety of caudal nerve block—sometimes called the "kiddie caudal"—for infants and young children undergoing surgery. But an ...
A regional anesthesia procedure — caudal nerve block — has a complication rate of less than two percent in surgery for infants and young children, according to a study published in the October issue ...
(HealthDay News) — Caudal regional anesthesia seems not to be associated with urethrocutaneous fistula formation in pediatric patients undergoing primary hypospadias repair, according to a study ...
A regional anesthesia procedure widely used for surgery in infants and young children is effective and safe, with a minimal rate of serious complications, concludes a large database study. A regional ...
Ondansetron has been shown to decrease postanesthesia shivering in adults, but this effect has never been studied in children. This study aimed to determine whether ondansetron decreases ...
So far, doctors have reported about 1,000 cases of childbirth with continuous caudal anesthesia (TIME, Feb. 1) without loss of a single mother from the anesthetic. Its advantages: it cuts off pain ...
A splash block can have a similar analgesic effect as that of a caudal block for children’s postoperative herniorrhaphy pain, according to a study published in the Korean Journal of Anesthesiology.
The new method of effecting painless childbirth by continued injections of metycaine in the caudal area just below the spinal column (TIME, Sept. 14) last week won approval in the Journal of the A.M.A ...