Penile block is associated with less urinary retention than caudal anesthesia in distal hypospadia repair in children

摘要

Background Caudal anesthesia (CA) is widely recommended due to excellent analgesia in distal hypospadia repairs, but its potential side effect on urinary retention interferes with patient comfort. To objective is to determine the impact of CA versus penile block (PB) on postoperative micturition.