Efficiency and safety of an anesthetic technique in surgical correction of congenital malformations of the lower parts of the urogenital system in children

Objective: to assess the efficiency and safety of an anesthetic technique in surgical correction of congenital malformations of the lower parts of the urogenital system in children by means of the performance of the comparative analysis of perioperative adverse events and complications, consumption of the inhalation anesthetic sevoflurane and the cost of anesthesia, and also the course of the early postoperative period. Material and methods. Depending on the type of anesthesia, all patients (127 boys) were divided into 3 clinical groups: those operated under multicomponent balanced inhalation anesthesia (group 1, n = 37), under general laryngeal mask anesthesia in combination with caudal blockade with 0.25% bupivacaine solution (group 2, n = 45), under general laryngeal mask anesthesia with caudal blockade with the combination of 0.25% bupivacaine solution and adjuvant (group 3, n = 45). Results. The performed analysis has not revealed any statistically significant distinctions in the assessment of anesthesia complications but it has found some significant distinctions in the consumption of sevoflurane, depth of anesthesia and its cost, as well as the necessity for postoperative anesthesia and introduction of analgesics, which testifies to the efficiency and safety of combined anesthesia and its economic benefit. Conclusion. The most effective, safe, and economically reasonable is the technique of combined anesthesia with the application of caudal blockade with local anesthetic solution and 0.1% adjuvant of morphine solution during surgical correction of congenital malformations of the lower parts of the urogenital system in children.