Nalbuphine Plus Caudal Bupivacaine in Hypospadius Repair

Summary

Caudal aneasthesia for pediatric surgery was first reported in 1933. Since then, studies have described the indications for pediatric caudal block, the level of analgesia, doses, advantages and disadvantages of this technique. In children, caudal anesthesia is most effectively used as adjunct to general aneasthesia and has an opioid-sparing effect, permitting faster and smoother emergence from aneasthesia. A single shot caudal anesthesia provides relatively brief analgesia for 4 to 8 hours depending on the agent used. Prolongation of anesthesia can be achieved by adding various adjuvants, such as opioids and nonopioids such as clonidine, ketamine, midazolam, and neostigmine,with varying degrees of success.

Timeline

Start

2018-03-01

Primary completion

2020-03-01

Completion

2020-10-01

Publications

• Background SPIEGEL P. Caudal anesthesia in pediatric surgery: a preliminary report. Anesth Analg. 1962 Mar-Apr;41:218-21. No abstract available.
• Background de Beer DA, Thomas ML. Caudal additives in children--solutions or problems? Br J Anaesth. 2003 Apr;90(4):487-98. doi: 10.1093/bja/aeg064. No abstract available.
• Background Lake CL, Duckworth EN, DiFazio CA, Durbin CG, Magruder MR. Cardiovascular effects of nalbuphine in patients with coronary or valvular heart disease. Anesthesiology. 1982 Dec;57(6):498-503. doi: 10.1097/00000542-198212000-00012.

Drugs

Indications

No indication recorded.