Estimation of Injection Volume for Caudal Epidural Block Using Dynamic US Imaging in Children

Asan Medical Center

Status: Completed

Conditions: Caudal Epidural Block

Treatments: Procedure: ultrasound guided caudal epidural block

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT04039295

2019-0750

Details and patient eligibility

About

Caudal epidural block is the most commonly used technique for analgesia in pediatric patients. Although there are clinically used doses of local anesthetics for caudal epidural block, we do not know exactly how much levels are blocked in young children. Thus, we aimed to identify the spreading of injection of local anesthetics for caudal epidural block using ultrasound imaging in young children.

Enrollment: 40 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 6 to 24 months old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• age: 6-24months
• ASA 1-3
• body weight: 5-20kg

Exclusion criteria

• patients who refuse to participate
• local site infection, pilonidal cyst, spina bifida
• spinal/meningeal abnormality
• patients who discharge after surgery without admission
• patients who is judged ineligible for other reasons by the authors