Caudal Combination of Dexamethasone and/or Dexmedetomidine to Bupivacaine in Pediatric Hypospadias Surgery
Status:
Completed
Trial end date:
2017-07-07
Target enrollment:
Participant gender:
Summary
One of the most commonly used regional anesthetic techniques in pediatric surgeries is the
caudal epidural block. Its main disadvantage remains the short duration of action. Hence,
different additives have been used. Dexmedetomidine as an additive to the local anesthetic
bupivacaine in caudal epidural analgesia prolongs the duration of postoperative analgesia so
is dexamethasone. The investigators aimed to study the effect of combining both additives in
the duration of analgesia, decreasing side effects and decreasing anesthetic doses