The duration of pain relief after penile block to boys undergoing circumcision.
Bupivacaine plain, 2.5 mg/ml, was used for a nerve block of the dorsal nerves of the penis. Satisfactory postoperative analgesia was obtained in 24 of 28 boys undergoing circumcision. Eighteen of the 24 boys with a successful nerve block did not require analgesics during the first 24 h postoperatively. All blocks were performed by the surgeon just before surgery.
D000293:Adolescent; D002045:Bupivacaine; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D002944:Circumcision, Male; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D009407:Nerve Block; D010149:Postoperative Pain / Q000517:prevention & control*; D010413:Penis / Q000294:innervation; D013997:Time Factors
D002045:Bupivacaine