Effect of gabapentin on length of stay, opioid use, and pain scores in posterior spinal fusion for adolescent idiopathic scoliosis: a retrospective review across a multi-hospital system.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Gabapentin has been adopted in Enhanced Recovery After Surgery protocols as a means to reduce opioid consumption while maintaining adequate post-operative analgesia. The purpose of our study was to review and compare changes in length of stay, opioid use, and patient reported pain scores after the addition of gabapentin into five, distinct pain protocols for posterior spinal fusion in adolescent idiopathic scoliosis.

Methods

A retrospective review was completed using a database of electronic medical data from a single pediatric orthopedic healthcare system that was queried for patients with adolescent idiopathic scoliosis who underwent first-time posterior spinal fusion. Perioperative data including demographics, hospital length of stay, surgical details, opioid u

SUBMITTER: Zhang DA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9824993 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature