Regional (spinal, epidural, caudal) vs general anaesthesia
Post‐operative apnoea with preoperative sedatives excluded · Preterm infants requiring surgery for inguinal hernia in early infancy
Regional (spinal, epidural, caudal) probably leads to lower post‐operative apnoea with preoperative sedatives excluded compared with general anaesthesia (moderate certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
- Regional (spinal, epidural, caudal) versus general anaesthesia in preterm infants undergoing inguinal herniorrhaphy in… 2015 · Cochrane Headline outcomes onlyRR 0.53 [0.34, 0.82]4 studies · 129 participantsModerate