Effect of anesthesia for hypospadias repair on perioperative complications.

Background: Recent publications from the United States, India, and Korea report that children undergoing hypospadias repair with caudal regional anesthesia/analgesia could have increased postoperative surgical complications.

Aims: The purpose of this retrospective cohort study was to assess the impact between caudal regional anesthesia, other regional anesthesia, and no regional anesthesia on complications after hypospadias repair at a tertiary care children's hospital in Ottawa, Canada, with an expectation to changing practices if a link was found.

Method: We reviewed the health records of 827 children with hypospadias undergoing penile surgery from January 1991-June 2017.