PENILE BLOCK VIA SUBPUBIC SPACE FOR CHILDREN WHO UNDERWENT SUPERFICIAL OPERATION OF THE PENIS

Penile nerve block via the subpubic space was performed to relief the postoperative pain of children who underwent superficial surgery of th e penis. Thirty-one male children were subdivided into two groups. Aft er dorsal slit procedure had been carried out under general anesthesia , 16 patients underwent subpubic penile nerve block (group 1), while 1 5 patients had no additional anesthetic procedure (group 2). Time to t he first postoperative pain in group 1 was statistically longer than t hat in group 2 (p < 0.05). Most patients in group 1 did not require po stoperative analgesics during the first 24 h after surgery. This techn ique appeared to be effective in relieving the postoperative pain of c hildren who underwent superficial operation of the penis.