Infant spinal anesthesia reduces postoperative pain scores and pain medication consumption in infants undergoing inguinal herniorrhaphy

J Pediatr Surg. 2020 Dec;55(12):2840-2843. doi: 10.1016/j.jpedsurg.2020.08.011. Epub 2020 Aug 22.

Authors

Frances K Chen¹, Lucy T Li¹, Cassandra M Kelleher², Chang A Liu³

Affiliations

¹ Department of Anesthesia, Critical Care and Pain Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, USA.
² Department of Surgery, MassGeneral Hospital for Children, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, USA.
³ Department of Anesthesia, Critical Care and Pain Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, USA. Electronic address: cliu19@partners.org.

PMID: 32972743
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpedsurg.2020.08.011

No abstract available

Publication types

Letter

MeSH terms

Anesthesia, Spinal*
Hernia, Inguinal* / surgery
Herniorrhaphy
Humans
Infant
Pain, Postoperative / drug therapy
Pain, Postoperative / prevention & control