Pediatric anesthesia practices during the COVID-19 pandemic: A retrospective cohort study.

Background And Aims: The onset of the coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic brought together the American Society of Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine (ASRA) and the European Society of Regional Anaesthesia and Pain Therapy (ESRA) to release a joint statement on anesthesia use. Their statement included a recommendation to use regional anesthesia whenever possible to mitigate the risk associated with aerosolizing procedures. We sought to examine the utilization of anesthesia in pediatric patients undergoing a surgical procedure for fractures or ligament repairs before and during COVID-19.

Continuous Transversalis Fascia Plane Catheter Infusion in a Pediatric Patient Undergoing Alveolar Cleft Repair With Iliac Crest Bone Graft: A Case Report.

Harvesting of iliac crest bone graft for alveolar cleft repair in children is associated with significant postoperative pain. Transversalis fascia plane block has emerged as an alternative to local wound infiltration for iliac crest bone graft harvesting and has been used with good effect in adult patients requiring bone graft for orthopedic surgery. Little is known about the use of the transversalis fascia plane block in children or the feasibility of placing a continuous infusion catheter.