"Surgical outcomes following caudal versus pudendal analgesia in hypospadias repair: a prospective randomized blinded pilot study".

Purpose: Caudal analgesia (CA) is a widely used method to tackle pain after hypospadias repair. Complications related to temporary penile engorgement has made people concerned about CA and switch to pudendal analgesia (PA). In this prospective randomized blinded study we compared CA and PA among children undergoing hypospadias repair.