Editing CUA: Circumcision (2018) (section)

== Anesthesia for neonatal circumcision ==

* Different methods used for providing anesthesia and/or analgesia during circumcision:
*# General anesthesia
*# Penile nerve blocks
*#* '''A dorsal nerve penile with a ring block is the most effective technique to provide anesthesia during a neonatal circumcision'''
*# Topical anesthetics
*#* Inferior as monotherapy to nerve and ring blocks and require an adequate time interval for efficacy
*#* Can be used as an adjunct to penile blocks.
*# Oral sucroseglucose administration
*# Non-nutritive sucking
*# Caudal block
*# Various combinations of the above
** Oral sucrose, non-nutritive sucking, music, and other environmental interventions should only be used as an adjunct.