Comparison Between Ultrasound Guided Caudal Block and Ultrasound Guided Dorsal Penile Block in Hypospadias Surgery in Children

Comparison Between Ultrasound Guided Caudal and Dorsal Penile Block After Hypospadias Surgery in Children, A Randomized Clinical Trial

The study focuses on comparing the caudal block (CB) and the dorsal penile nerve block (DPNB) via ultrasound guidance in regional anesthesia in hypospadias surgery.

Inclusion Criteria:

• It included male children who underwent hypospadias surgery (distal or mid penile) from 1 to 6 years old with American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) classification 1 or 2.

Exclusion Criteria:

• children older than 6 years and younger than 1 year.
• children with neurological, mental, and intellectual problems
• bleeding tendency
• allergy to any local anesthesia
• contraindications to regional anesthesia, back anomalies
• liver diseases.