Paediatric postoperative analgesia. A comparison between caudal block and wound infiltration of local anaesthetic.

2007 
Summary Fifty children who underwent day case herniotomy received either a caudal injection of 1 ml/kg bupivacaine 0.25% or infiltration of the wound edges at the end of surgery with 0.5 mllkg bupivacaine 0.25%, allocated at random. Postoperative pain and demeanour were assessed initially by an observer and later by use of a parental questionnaire. Wound infiltration of local anaesthetic solution provided analgesia which was comparable to that associated with caudal block, and the incidence of side effects was similar in the two groups. Wound infiltration of local anaesthetic offers a simple, safe alternative to caudal block for provision of postoperative analgesia in this group of patients.
    • Correction
    • Source
    • Cite
    • Save
    • Machine Reading By IdeaReader
    23
    References
    57
    Citations
    NaN
    KQI
    []