Estudo comparativo entre duas técnicas de analgesia na cirurgia de postectomia por Plastibell® : mistura eutética de prilocaína e lidacaína x bloqueio do nervo dorsal do pênis

Abstract

Introduction: The dorsal penile nerve block (DPNB) and local topical anesthesia (LT) with eutetic mixture lidocaine and prilocaine are current techniques with easy implementation and low complication rate in circumcision surgery. Herein, we evaluated which anesthetic technique provides better analgesia with less hemodynamic stimulation during circumcision with Plastibell® in children. Patients and methods: Forty-one boys who underwent circumcision with Plastibell® were divided at random into two groups: LT and DPNB. In LT group the ointment eutetic mixture lidocaine and prilocaine was applied to the foreskin one hour before surgery. Before inhalatory induction, all children were completely monitored. Inhalatory induction was standard for the two groups with 8% end-tidal concentration of sevoflurane on a facemask and spontaneous ventilation. After 10 minutes of anesthesia induction, the end-tidal sevoflurane concentration was decreased to 2%. In the DPNB a dorsal penile nerve block was done with levobupivacaine 0.5% (2 mg/kg). We evaluated the heart rate, respiratory rate mean arterial pressure, and involuntary movements in the moments of induction of anesthesia (T0); dorsal penile nerve block (T1); 1 minute post-incision (T2) and 1 minute after end of surgery (T3). And also pain 1 hour and 24 hours after surgery. Results: The groups were homogeneous when compared age, weight, diameter of the glands, penile length and surgical duration. In the LT group there was a tendency to increase Heart Rate at T2 (p = 0.073) and an increase of Mean Arterial Pressure at T2 (p = 0.046) when compared to the induction time. The DPNB group had an increase in Heart Rate (p = 0.004) and Mean Arterial Pressure (p = 0.016) at the block time (T1) when compared to T0 time. Comparing the moments of greatest hemodynamic stimulus for each group (T2 for LT and T1 for DPNB) we observed a more intense stimulus in DPNB group with a significant increase in Heart Rate (p = 0.001) and greater incidence of involuntary movements (57.1% vs. 10%; p = 0.002). There was no difference in the incidence of pain between the study groups. Post-operative complications were higher in DPNB, especially hematoma and edema. Conclusions: Anesthesia with eutetic mixture lidocaine and prilocaine provides satisfactory hemodynamic stable during circumcision with Plastibell®, pain control and less complication in the post 9 operative period when this technique is associated with general anesthesia with sevoflurane.