Evaluating the effect of caudal epidural block on optic nerve sheath diameter in pediatric patients: randomized controlled study
Evaluation of optic nerve sheath diameter has high diagnostic precision for detecting increased intracranial pressure in children. The findings in this study display that local anesthetic applied for caudal block in pediatric surgeries spread cranially resulting in an increase in the intracranial pressure and optic nerve sheath diameter. However, this increase does not cause intraoperative hemodynamic changes.
Authors
- Erkan Cem Çelik (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7773-9562)
- İrem Ateş (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9867-5011)
- Ahmet Murat Yayık (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2783-7041)
- Ali Ahişkalıoğlu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8467-8171)
- Muhammed Enes Aydın (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8491-6566)
- Binali Fırıncı (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0852-2458)
- Elif Oral Ahıskalıoğlu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1234-5973)
- Mirac Selcen Ozkal Yalin
Institutions
- Atatürk University (TR)
Publication Details
- Journal
- BMC Anesthesiology
- Published
- 2025-03-22
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s12871-025-03007-z
- Citations
- 2
- Primary Topic
- Anesthesia and Pain Management
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 4.01