Unwanted Penile Engorgement in Pediatric Patients Under Anesthesia.

Aligarh Muslim University

Status: Completed

Conditions: Anesthesia; Functional

Treatments: Procedure: spinal anaesthesia

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT03438253

UWIPE

Details and patient eligibility

About

Penile engorgement during intraoperative period is of rare occurrence however when do happens, leads to difficulty in performing and even cancellation of elective urogenital surgery. The mechanism behind intraoperative penile engorgement is complex and involves various factors. One common myth is that penile engorgement occurs only during spinal anaesthesia and not in general anaesthesia. In this study we intend to report the incidence and management of intraoperative penile engorgement in pediatric patients undergoing urogenital operations under spinal anesthesia with/without sedation over a period of one year. The pathophysiology and role of common contributing factors leading to intraoperative penile engorgement are also discussed.

Enrollment: 386 patients

Sex: Male

Ages: 2 to 12 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• American Society of Anesthesiologist grade1 & 2
• Elective urogenital surgery of expected duration less than one hour

Exclusion criteria

• patients with local infection, coagulation abnormalities, expected duration of surgery >1 hour and spinal anomalies.
• parents of patient not giving consent for spinal anaesthesia.