Médecine tropicale : revue du Corps de santé colonial
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The above account concerns 50 cases of caudal anaesthesia with 2% plain lidocaine (i.e. without adrenaline), after a preliminary and a complementary general anaesthesia for surgical operations in the infra umbilical region not exceeding one hour in duration. The anaesthetic effect was as rapid as the recovery from it. ⋯ No per or post operative complications were observed with the employment of this technique. The authors recommend that this technique should be employed more frequently in day case pediatric surgery.