Evaluating Pain Outcomes of Caudal vs Ilioinguinal Nerve Block in Children Undergoing Orchiopexy Repair
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Trial end date:
2019-01-01
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Summary
Surgical intervention to treat undescended testis is a very common pediatric surgical
procedure, often performed using an inguinal incision or subscrotal incision approach.
Children who undergo orchiopexy can suffer from a significant degree of discomfort
postoperatively. The investigators are evaluating the effectiveness of an ultrasound guided
caudal-epidural (CE) block to an US guided ilioinguinal/iliohypogastric (IIG/IHG) nerve block
in achieving post operative analgesia following a orchiopexy repair. It is hypothesized that
US guided IIG/IHG nerve block leads to more effective pain control post-operatively while in
hospital relative to an US guided CE block for orchiopexy surgery.