In children undergoing general anaesthesia age 1-3 years & emergency procedures, are associated with increased incidence of regurgitation and aspiration. Significant clinical sequelae are nevertheless rare.
Although epidural analgesia results in a small improvement in acute post-abdominal surgery pain compared to transversus abdominis plane block, the magnitude is small and associated with post-op hypotension.
Transversus abdominis plane & quadratus lumborum block both offer equivalent analgesia benefit following caesarean section in the absence of intrathecal morphine, although little or know benefit if intrathecal morphine is used.
Daniel Jolley