• Caudal anesthesia was described at the turn of last century by two French physicians, Fernand Cathelin and Jean-Anthanase Sicard.
  • Caudal anaesthesia (or caudal anesthesia) is a form of neuraxial regional anaesthesia conducted by accessing the epidural space via the sacral hiatus.
  • Caudal anaesthesia (CA) is epidural anaesthesia of the cauda equina roots in the sacral canal, accessed through the sacral hiatus.
  • Some authors suggest that obstetric caudal anesthesia is contraindicated once the fetal head has descended into the pelvis (and lies just anterior to the sacrum).
  • In children, caudal anesthesia is typically com-bined with general anesthesia for intraoperative supplementation and postoperative analgesia.
  • Caudal blocks are mostly performed for surgical anesthesia and analgesia in children (also see Chapter 34 ) and for therapeutic analgesia in adults with chronic...
  • Any time you want to provide analgesia or anaesthesia to the lower half of a human body, you can consider doing a caudal block.
  • Caudal anesthesia.
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  • Caudal anesthesia is a type of epidural anesthesia. INDICATIONS The indications for single shot CA are abdominal,urologic or orthopedic surgical procedures...
  • Caudal anesthesia is safe, widely performed, and has a diverse range of intra and postoperative utility.