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undescended testicle
by jeanajeana, Feb 13, 2009 08:52PM
My son is 3.5 years old and has a late ascent testicle. We saw a pediatric urologist, and he recommended surgery. To bring it down. He said he would use general anesthesia, and also an epidural. Is it necessary to have BOTH, and would just the general anesthesia be ok? Online it seems like using both is not the norm. The Dr. said he would be on tylenol w/codeine afterwards. Is that enough for pain management after if we don't use the epidural? Thank you!
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Thanks for writing to the forum!
Well, the surgery can be performed only under general anesthesia. Additional epidural may have been suggested for post operative pain relief. However there are many medications apart from tylenol w/codeine for effective pain relief. You can discuss with the surgeon why he prefers a combination of both general and spinal. The choice of anesthesia and post surgical management of pain differs from doctor to doctor.
Hope this helps. Please let me know if there is any thing else and do keep me posted. Take care!