Hypospadias refers to a disease represented by a congenital defect in the urethra meatus (urinary opening) in male children. Due to the postoperative pain, symptoms such as discomfort, agitation, and restlessness are generally found. In particular, young children with restlessness often express their pain or discomfort with their bodies because they are unable to express it in words. This severe restlessness may make an operated region unstable, accompanying bleeding, infection, or other surgery-related complications. Because postoperative pain control is very important, neuraxial block techniques such as epidural block or caudal block have been employed in addition to a penile dorsal nerve block. Although the neuraxial block technique including the caudal block is an easy and safe method and has an excellent effect, the neuraxial block technique poses a potential risk in the procedure. In addition, with respect to the surgical prognosis, it has been reported that penile engorgement may cause penile vasodilation, resulting in oozing at the surgical region or other surgical complications. However, there has not been a report on the increase of postoperative complications by penile vasodilation or on the difference in the recovery or surgical prognosis according to the types of pain control for young patients.
Study Type
OBSERVATIONAL
Enrollment
404
The IV PCA is performed by injecting fentanyl 15 mcg/kg with the following regimen
The IV PCA is performed by injecting fentanyl 15 mcg/kg with the following regimen + caudal block was 0.15% ropivacaine 1.2 cc/kg; a total volume of 100 cc, basal 2 cc, bolus 0.5 cc, and lockout time 15 minutes.)
Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, Severance Hospital, Yonsei University Health System
Seoul, Seoul, South Korea
The postoperative complications related hypospadias repair
The electronic medical records of pediatric patients who underwent hypospadias repair will be reviewed to analyze the difference in postoperative complications within 6 months after surgery between patients whose postoperative pain control was performed only by IV PCA and patients whose postoperative pain control was performed by caudal block combined with IV PCA.
Time frame: within 6 months after hypospadias repair
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