Caudal Anaesthesia with Levobupivacaine for Inguinal Hernia Surgery in Children with Severe Congenital Anomaly: A Three-Case Report

ABSTRACT Airway management is particularly difficult in children with severe congenital anomalies. Such patients are extre- mely sensitive to the respiratory depressant effects of anaesthetic agents. We describe the successful and safe app- lication of caudal anaesthesia for inguinal hernia repair in three cases with severe congenital anomalies (Joubert syndrome, I-cell syndrome). The three patien…