caudal anaesthesia


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Noun1.caudal anaesthesia - regional anesthesia resulting from injection of an anesthetic into the caudal end of the spinal canal; now largely replaced by epidural anesthesia
caudal anesthesia, caudal block
regional anaesthesia, regional anesthesia - loss of sensation in a region of the body produced by application of an anesthetic agent to all the nerves supplying that region (as when an epidural anesthetic is administered to the pelvic region during childbirth)
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[7.] Da Conceicao MJ, Coehol: caudal anaesthesia with 0.375% Ropivacaine or 0.375% Bupivacaine in paediatric patients.
Caudal epidural analgesia in pediatric patients: comparative study between Bupivacaine and Ropivacaine
Clonidine in paediatric caudal anaesthesia. Anaesth Analg 1998; 78: 663-668.
Efficacy of clonidine as an adjuvant to bupivacaine for caudal block in children undergoing infra-umbilical surgery
Heart rate (HR), Systolic blood pressure (SBP), and Peripheral arterial saturation (SPO2) were recorded before the induction of anaesthesia and every 5min after the placement of caudal anaesthesia till the end of surgery.
Comparative study of caudal ropivacaine and ropivacaine-clonidine combination in paediatric urogenital surgeries for post-operative analgesia
Danielli L, Linder A et al studied caudal anaesthesia for TURP.
A clinical study of caudal epidural anaesthesia for transurethral resection of prostate
Spinal, epidural and caudal anaesthesia, millers' Anaesthesia 7th ed.
A comparative evaluation of intravenous dexmedetomidine and clonidine as premedication for prolongation of bupivacaine subarachnoid block for lower limb orthopaedic surgery
Caudal anaesthesia under sedation: a prospective analysis of 512 infants and children.
Clinical evaluation of clonidine as an adjunct to caudal ropivacaine in pediatric infraumbilical surgeries
Various randomized control trial done so far shows encouraging results for its use in intravenous sedation, as adjuvants in spinal, (8,9) epidural, (10) caudal anaesthesia, (11) Studies by Brummett et al., (2008, 2010) showed that dexmedetomidine enhances duration of bupivacaine anaesthesia and analgesia of sciatic nerve block in rats without any evidence of histopathological damage to the nerve.
A comparitive study of clonidine and dexmedetomidine as adjuvant to 0.25% bupivacaine in supraclavicular brachial plexus block for duration of action and haemodynamic changes
Caudal anaesthesia provides excellent analgesia, which prevents sympathetic response to surgical stimuli.
Comparison of haemodynamics and blood loss in urethroplasty surgeries done under general anaesthesia with and without caudal block in children aged between 2-5 yrs
Spinal, epidural and caudal anaesthesia. Miller's anaesthesia, churchhill livingstone, elsevier, 2010;7th edn.
A comparative study of effect of 0.5% and 0.75% isobaric ropivacaine in spinal anaesthesia in patients undergoing elective lower limb surgeries
Caudal anaesthesia in pediatric surgery: success rates and adverse effects in 750 consecutive patients.
A comparative study of 0.25% bupivacaine and 0.25% ropivacaine for paediatric caudal block for infraumbilical surgeries
Based on earlier studies, dexmedetomidine produces prolonged post-operative analgesia and sedation with minimal side effects when added to ropivacaine in epidural and caudal anaesthesia. Since very few studies available where dexmedetomidine's efficacy as an adjuvant to ropivacaine in surgical wound infiltration has been explored.
A comparative study of post-operative continuous wound infiltration with dexmedetomidine--ropivacaine mixture and plain ropivacaine in patients undergoing lumbar spine surgeries
Relative analgesic potencies of levobupivacaine and ropivacaine for caudal anaesthesia in children.
A comparative study of isobaric 0.5% levobupivacaine combined with 50 mcg fentanyl versus isobaric 0.5% ropivacaine combined with 50 mcg fentanyl in lumbar epidural anaesthesia for elective infraumbilical surgery

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