52. Pre-emptive opioid-sparing medication protocol decreases pain and length of hospital stay in children undergoing posterior spinal instrumented fusion for scoliosis

We describe a novel, pre-emptive, opioid-sparing pain medication protocol that is started 2 days prior to surgery, in accordance with first-order pharmacokinetics, and continued postoperatively until discharge with the goal of decreasing postoperative pain, improving mobilization, and decreasing the patient's length of hospital stay.

Source: The Spine Journal - August 23, 2019 Category: Orthopaedics Authors: Selina Poon, De-An Zhang, Marilan Luong, Robert Cho Source Type: research