Transient abdominal wall deformity in an infant Blaming the caudal?

Summary Locoregional anesthesia is an important aspect of perioperative analgesia. It decreases requirements for anesthetic agents and opioids, decreases the surgical stress response, and provides postoperative analgesia. Nonetheless, pediatric patients, especially infants, demonstrate specificities towards regional anesthesia techniques, as an increased sensitivity to local anesthetics ( LA ) and a higher ease of LA spread especially when using blocks that rely on the volume of LA and its spread as those used for abdominal wall analgesia or caudal. Thus, we present a case of transient abdominal wall deformity following caudal anesthesia in an infant.