Original Article

Analysis of a Study of Over 500 Patients Receiving Repeated Injections of an Anesthetic Drug into the Caudal Canal*

Authors: WALTER H. GERWIG JR. M.D., SEMOUR ALPERT M.D., BRIAN BLADES M.D., CHARLES S. COAKLEY M.D.

Abstract

Postoperative pain following surgical procedures upon the anus and adjacent areas may be very distressing. the authors have found caudal anesthesia very successful in controlling this pain.

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