[Trans-sacral extradural anesthesia in pediatrics].
Between 1988 and 1991 1,714 extradural anaesthesias by the transsacral or lumbosacral route have been performed. The anesthetic has always been mepivacaine 1%. Puncture between sacral vertebrae was practiced in 1,308 cases and by the lumbosacral approach in 406. Anaesthesia was for urogenital surgery in the majority of cases but also for orthopedic, abdominal and thoracic surgery. There have been 12 failures (0.7%) and a total of failures and complications was registered numbering 42 or 2.47%. No serious complication occurred.
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D000763:Anesthesia, Caudal; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005602:France / Q000453:epidemiology; D006801:Humans; D008619:Mepivacaine; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D013514:Surgical Procedures, Operative
D008619:Mepivacaine
L'anesthésie extradurale transsacrée en pédiatrie.