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Pain control following posterior spine fusion: patient-controlled continuous epidural catheter infusion method yields better post-operative analgesia control compared to intravenous patient controlled analgesia method. A retrospective case series

  • 1. Bahcesehir Univ, Sch Med, Dept Neurosurg, Ciragan Caddesi Osmanpasa Mektebi Sokak 4-6, TR-34353 Istanbul, Turkey
  • 2. Med Pk Goztepe Hosp, Dept Anesthesiol, Istanbul, Turkey
  • 3. Univ Calif San Francisco, Dept Orthoped Surg, Spine Ctr, San Francisco, CA 94143 USA
  • 4. Bahcesehir Univ, Sch Med, Dept Anesthesiol, Istanbul, Turkey
  • 5. Med Pk Goztepe Hosp, Dept Neurosurg, Istanbul, Turkey

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Purpose Pain management following posterior spinal fusion surgeries is a challenging topic. Continuous epidural analgesia (CEA) technique has been invented to resolve some deleterious effects related with conventional intravenous patient-controlled analgesia (IV-PCA) method. However, studies for effectiveness and safety of CEA are scarce in adult population. Our aim was to compare effectiveness and safety of patient-controlled CEA with conventional IV-PCA method in adult patient population.

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