• Paediatric anaesthesia · Jul 2019

    Effect of anesthesia for hypospadias repair on perioperative complications.

    • William M Splinter, Jarmila Kim, Alexa M Kim, and Mary-Ann Harrison.
    • Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, University of Ottawa and Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
    • Paediatr Anaesth. 2019 Jul 1; 29 (7): 760-767.

    BackgroundRecent publications from the United States, India, and Korea report that children undergoing hypospadias repair with caudal regional anesthesia/analgesia could have increased postoperative surgical complications.AimsThe purpose of this retrospective cohort study was to assess the impact between caudal regional anesthesia, other regional anesthesia, and no regional anesthesia on complications after hypospadias repair at a tertiary care children's hospital in Ottawa, Canada, with an expectation to changing practices if a link was found.MethodWe reviewed the health records of 827 children with hypospadias undergoing penile surgery from January 1991-June 2017. The final sample size for the analysis consisted of 764 patients and 825 procedures.ResultsThe overall complications were almost identical when considering anesthesia effects, and this similarity persisted when we assessed specifically for only surgical complications. We had 716, 94, and 15 subjects who had a caudal block, penile block, and general anesthesia only, respectively, and their complication rates were 28, 31, and 27%, respectively, and their fistula formation rates were 10, 6, and 0%, respectively, and their stricture formation rates were 8, 7, and 20%,, respectively. Hypospadias type and surgical repair technique were marked predictors of complications in the postoperative period.ConclusionAnesthesia technique appears to have minor impact on complications after hypospadias repair, while surgical technique and type of hypospadias impact complications after hypospadias surgery in children. Based upon these results, we will not change our current practice of using a variety of regional anesthesia techniques for children undergoing hypospadias repair.© 2019 John Wiley & Sons Ltd.

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