Articles: nerve-block.
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Paediatric anaesthesia · Jul 2019
Ultrasound-guided quadratus lumborum block compared to caudal ropivacaine/morphine in children undergoing surgery for vesicoureteric reflex.
Ultrasound-guided quadratus lumborum block is a regional anesthetic technique which can provide perioperative analgesia for all age groups, including pediatric patients undergoing abdominal surgery. We hypothesized that the quadratus lumborum block would be as efficacious as a caudal block, the gold standard of pediatric lower abdominal regional anesthesia, in providing pain control after ureteral reimplantation but also have a longer duration. ⋯ The quadratus lumborum block was more effective in reducing the postoperative opioid requirement for rescue analgesia during the initial 24 hours than caudal ropivacaine/morphine.
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Paediatric anaesthesia · Jul 2019
Effect of anesthesia for hypospadias repair on perioperative complications.
Recent publications from the United States, India, and Korea report that children undergoing hypospadias repair with caudal regional anesthesia/analgesia could have increased postoperative surgical complications. ⋯ Anesthesia technique appears to have minor impact on complications after hypospadias repair, while surgical technique and type of hypospadias impact complications after hypospadias surgery in children. Based upon these results, we will not change our current practice of using a variety of regional anesthesia techniques for children undergoing hypospadias repair.
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Minerva anestesiologica · Jul 2019
Letter Case ReportsUltrasound guided erector spinae plane block: an alternative technique for providing analgesia after total hip arthroplasty surgery?
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