Addition of clonidine and fentanyl: comparison between three different regional anesthetic techniques in circumcision

Background : Several techniques have been used for alleviating postcircumcision pain with regional anesthetics being more effective than systemic opioids. Our aim was to compare the effectiveness of dorsal penile block, ring block (RB) and dorsal penile block associated with RB in reducing postcircumcision pain in children.

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