A Comparative Study Between 0.25% Levobupivacaine and 0.25% Ropivacaine for Caudalanalgesia in Children Undergoing Infraumbilical Surgeries

Caudal block is one of the most popular and frequently practiced regional anaesthesia technique in paediatric population. We have studied comparative analysis of ropivacaine and levobupivacaine in caudal block in children undergoing infraumbilical surgery. We have observed in our study that both levobupivacaine (0.25%) and ropivacaine (0.25%) in caudal anaesthesia are effective agents for intraoperative and postoperative analgesia and both are comparable in terms of onset time, duration of sensory block and duration of motor block. Both causes signicant residual motor blockade at wake up but has no residual motor blockade property at 180 minutes.