Anesthesia for pediatric hernia surgery

The surgical stimulation of pediatric hernia is relatively small, and the wound is also small. Anesthesia can be non-intubated general anesthesia or compound sacral anesthesia or laryngeal mask general anesthesia. Non-intubated general anesthesia is to use some sedative and mild analgesic drugs, such as propofol and fentanyl, so that the child is in a sedated and quiet state and is more cooperative. In that state the anesthesiologist performs a sacral puncture from the patient’s sacral canal site and gives sacral anesthesia. The drugs used for sacral anesthesia are usually local anesthetics, such as lidocaine and ropivacaine. The amount of all anesthetic drugs used is basically based on the child’s weight, unless the amount is reduced at the discretion of a particularly obese child. Generally, this type of anesthesia has relatively little effect on the child, the amount of compound general anesthesia is relatively small, and the child wakes up quickly after surgery. Sacral canal anesthesia has some postoperative analgesic effect, so that children will feel more comfortable after surgery. Some hospitals use laparoscopy for hernia surgery, which often requires general anesthesia and the use of a mask for supraglottic airway management tools to maintain ventilation.