Caudal epidural anesthesia in awake premature neonates for inguinalherniorrhaphy

Preliminary comparison of lidocaine and xylazine as caudal epidural anesthesia for embryo collection in cows

Epidural anesthesia in awake thoracic surgery.

Despite the indisputable and well-known advantages of general anesthesia in thoracic surgery, this can trigger some adverse effects including an increased risk of pneumonia, impaired cardiac performance, neuromuscular problems, mechanical ventilation-induced injuries, which include barotrauma, volotrauma, atelectrauma, and biotrauma. In order to reduce the adverse effects of general anesthesia,...

Comparison of the application of lidocaine, lidocaine-dexamethasone and lidocaine-epinephrine for caudal epidural anesthesia in cows

The aim of the present study was to determine whether the addition of dexamethasone (DEX) or epinephrine to lidocaine (LID) altered the characteristics of anesthesia and cardiorespiratory variables following caudal epidural application in cows. Twenty adult dairy cows were randomly assigned to receive one of the treatments of LID (0.2 mg/kg), DEX (8 mg), lidocaine-dexamethasone (LIDEX; 0.2 mg/k...

Caudal anesthesia with ropivacaine in an awake 1,090-g baby.

To the Editor:—Caudal anesthesia with ropivacaine as an adjunct to general anesthesia recently has been shown to provide duration of pain relief and sensory and motor effects similar to bupivacaine. We report the time course of the blockade after caudal epidural injection of ropivacaine in a 1,090-g awake, preterm infant. A 26-day-old, 1,090-g male infant was scheduled for partial amputation of...

Caudal epidural anesthesia during intracavitary brachytherapy for cervical cancer

It has been suggested that pain control during intracavitary brachytherapy for cervical cancer is insufficient in most hospitals in Japan. Our hospital began using caudal epidural anesthesia during high-dose-rate (HDR) intracavitary brachytherapy in 2011. The purpose of the present study was to retrospectively investigate the effects of caudal epidural anesthesia during HDR intracavitary brachy...