Sacral Epidural Anesthesia

A Study of Variations in Sacral Hiatus and Its Clinical Significance

The variations of sacral hiatus in dry bone are important as it determines access of sacral hiatus for caudal epidural anesthesia and analgesia. So the present study was conducted on 44 adult dry sacra in department of Anatomy, All India Institute of Medical Sciences,Bhubaneshwar,Odisha,India with the aim to find out the anatomical variations of sacral hiatus(SH) including shape, length, antero...

Study of Sacrum and Its Importance in Epidural Block

Aim of study: The objective of study is on sacrum for sacral hiatus due to its importance in epidural anesthesia. Place of study: This study was done in the department of anatomy at Velammal medical college hospital and research institute, Madurai, India. Period of study: This study was done during the month of February 2015. Materials and methods: 30 dry unknown human sacra from department of ...

NYSORA - The New York School of Regional Anesthesia - Pediatric Epidural and Caudal Analgesia and Anesthesia in Children

Epidural analgesia has many beneficial effects in the pediatric patient population. In clinical practice, it is commonly used to augment general anesthesia and to manage postoperative pain. Introduction Epidural analgesia has many beneficial effects in the pediatric patient population. In clinical practice, it is commonly used to augment general anesthesia and to manage postoperative pain. Effe...

Combined Sacral Spinal Epidural Anesthesia

Caudal epidural anesthesia: an anesthetic technique exclusive for pediatric use? Is it possible to use it in adults? What is the role of the ultrasound in this context?

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES Caudal epidural anesthesia is the most popular regional anesthesia technique used in children. With advanced age, only the relative difficulty in localizing the sacral hiatus limits its use. However, in adults this technique has been widely used to control chronic pain by adjuvant use of fluoroscopy. Thus, the ability to locate the hiatus and define anatomical variatio...