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British Journal of Anaesthesia, 1994, Vol. 73, No. 4 440-442
© 1994 The Board of Management and Trustees of the British Journal of Anaesthesia

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Pre-emptive analgesia: comparison of preoperative with postoperative caudal block on postoperative pain in children

H. HOLTHUSEN, MD, F. EICHWEDE, MD, M. STEVENS, MD, U. WILLNOW, MD and P. LIPFERT, MD

Department of Anaesthesiology Heinrich-Heine-University Duesseldorf Postfach 10 10 07, D-40001 Duesseldorf, Germany
Department of Surgery Heinrich-Heine-University Duesseldorf Postfach 10 10 07, D-40001 Duesseldorf, Germany
Department of Anaesthesiology, Evangelisches Krankenhaus Duesseldorf Kirchfeldstraße 40, D-40217 Duesseldorf, Germany

Correspondence to H.H.

We have compared in 25 children the effect of preoperative with postoperative caudal block on pain after circumcision in a double-blind, randomized study. After induction of anaesthesia, patients were allocated randomly to receive a caudal block either before (n = 14) or immediately after (n = 11) surgery. Postoperative pain was rated on a paediatric pain scale. If pain occurred, children received paracetamol in a dose related to body weight. Using the Mann-Whitney U test (significanceI0.05) there was no significant difference in cumulative postoperative analgesic requirements within the first 48 h and in times to first analgesic administration between the groups. Cumulative pain score, assessed every 30 min for the first 8 h after operation, was significantly lower for those patients who received caudal anaesthesia after operation. Thus we could not demonstrate any advantage in performing caudal block before compared with after surgery.


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