A recent report provided anesthesiologists with reassuring data on the safety of caudal nerve block—sometimes called the "kiddie caudal"—for infants and young children undergoing surgery. But an ...

A regional anesthesia procedure — caudal nerve block — has a complication rate of less than two percent in surgery for infants and young children, according to a study published in the October issue ...

A regional anesthesia procedure widely used for surgery in infants and young children is effective and safe, with a minimal rate of serious complications, concludes a large database study. A regional ...

A splash block can have a similar analgesic effect as that of a caudal block for children’s postoperative herniorrhaphy pain, according to a study published in the Korean Journal of Anesthesiology.

(HealthDay News) — Caudal regional anesthesia seems not to be associated with urethrocutaneous fistula formation in pediatric patients undergoing primary hypospadias repair, according to a study ...