PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Çevikkalp, Eralp
AU  - Erbüyün, Koray
AU  - Erbüyün, Serpil C.
AU  - Ok, Gülay
TI  - Ultrasound guided transversus abdominis plane block
AID  - 10.15537/smj.2018.1.20943
DP  - 2018 Jan 01
TA  - Saudi Medical Journal
PG  - 92--96
VI  - 39
IP  - 1
4099  - http://smj.org.sa/content/39/1/92.short
4100  - http://smj.org.sa/content/39/1/92.full
SO  - Saudi Med J2018 Jan 01; 39
AB  - Pediatric regional anesthesia is widely used to relieve postoperative pain after abdominal surgery. Commonly used techniques of regional anesthesia include lumbar epidural and caudal block. However, the use of central neuraxial blockade has limitations. It is contraindicated in patients with clotting abnormalities, spinal dysraphism with tethered cord syndrome, meningomyelocele, and following spinal surgery with instrumentation. Ultrasound guided transversus abdominis plane block is a new method of regional anesthesia that can be used in settings where central neuraxial blockade is contraindicated. In this study, we present 5 pediatric cases in which major abdominal surgery was performed but central neuraxial blockade could not be carried out due to spinal abnormalities.