Survey of Anesthesiology · 2016 · 44 citations · 1 references
MedicineAnesthesiologySurgeryPain ManagementPain MedicineSpine SurgeryAnalgesiaOpioid AnalgesicsOpioid ManagementOpioid TherapyPostoperative PainSpinal AnesthesiaAnalgesic Sparing EffectDexmedetomidine AnalgesiaDexmedetomidine PharmacologyNeuropathic Postsurgical PainPain Management After SurgeryPostoperative Opioid AnalgesiaPostoperative Opioid UsePostsurgical Complications
(Abstracted from Anesth Analg, 122:1646–1653, 2016) Patients undergoing multilevel deformity-correction spine surgery may experience substantial inflammatory, muscular, neuropathic, and postsurgical pain, which increases chronic opioid use and incidence of opioid-related complications. Previous studies have shown α2 agonists to have an opioid-sparing effect in certain types of spine surgery.
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