Abstract | BACKGROUND:
Postoperative pain management is a limiting factor for early ambulation and discharge following spine fusion surgery. Awake spinal surgery, when combined with minimally invasive transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion, is associated with enhanced recovery in well-selected patients. Some neurosurgeons have recently aimed to further improve outcomes by utilizing erector spinae plane block catheters, allowing for a continuous infusion of local anesthetic to improve the management of acute postoperative pain following minimally invasive transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion. OBSERVATIONS: A patient who underwent a minimally invasive transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion with perioperatively placed erector spinae plane catheters at the T12 level ambulated 30 minutes after surgery and was discharged the same day ( length of stay, 4.6 hours). The total amount of narcotics administered during the hospital stay was 127.5 morphine milligram equivalents. LESSONS:
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Authors | Ernest E Braxton, Kyle R Brena, Holley Spears, Emerson Conrad, Jared D Heinze |
Journal | Journal of neurosurgery. Case lessons
(J Neurosurg Case Lessons)
Vol. 3
Issue 18
(May 02 2022)
ISSN: 2694-1902 [Electronic] United States |
PMID | 36303486
(Publication Type: Journal Article)
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