Key result
Spinal levobupivacaine achieves satisfactory surgical anesthesia in ~98% of children undergoing lower body surgery.
Why the study?
Does levobupivacaine provide effective spinal anesthesia in children undergoing elective lower abdominal or lower limb surgery?
Population
40 children, aged 1-14 yr, undergoing elective lower abdominal or lower limb surgery
Design
Case_series, open
Authors
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May support levobupivacaine spinal use in children; hypothesis-generating and requires randomized confirmation before practice change.
Does levobupivacaine provide effective spinal anesthesia in children undergoing elective lower abdominal or lower limb surgery?
Levobupivacaine provides effective spinal anesthesia in children, with clinical efficacy similar to racemic bupivacaine.
Kokki et al. (2004) studied Elective lower abdominal or lower limb surgery (n=40). Levobupivacaine was evaluated on Satisfactory surgical anesthesia. Spinal anesthesia with levobupivacaine achieved satisfactory surgical anesthesia in 97.5% (39 of 40) of children undergoing elective lower abdominal or lower limb surgery.
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