Background: The control of postoperative pain is important in children, and poor pain control
leads to organ dysfunction and behavioral problems. Objectives: We compared the
analgesic effects of suppository acetaminophen, bupivacaine wound infiltration, and caudal
block with bupivacaine on postoperative pain in pediatric inguinal herniorrhaphy. Patients
and Methods: In this double-blinded, randomized controlled clinical trial, 90 children of
American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) grade I-II, aged between 3 months and 7 years …

The control of postoperative pain is important in children, and poor pain control leads to
organ dysfunction and behavioral problems. We compared the analgesic effects of
suppository acetaminophen, bupivacaine wound infiltration, and caudal block with
bupivacaine on postoperative pain in pediatric inguinal herniorrhaphy. In this double-
blinded, randomized controlled clinical trial, 90 children of American Society of
Anesthesiologists [ASA] grade I-II, aged between 3 months and 7 years, and scheduled for …