Surgeon-Delivered Nerve Block for Reduction of Perioperative Pain and Opioid Use After Lumbosacral Spine Surgery

Evan F Joiner; Justin A Neira; Wisdom E Yevudza Jr; Mark A Weller; Gebhard Wagener; Peter D Angevine; Christopher E Mandigo

doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2022.48439

Surgeon-Delivered Nerve Block for Reduction of Perioperative Pain and Opioid Use After Lumbosacral Spine Surgery

JAMA Netw Open. 2022 Dec 1;5(12):e2248439. doi: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2022.48439.

Authors

Evan F Joiner¹, Justin A Neira¹, Wisdom E Yevudza Jr¹, Mark A Weller², Gebhard Wagener³, Peter D Angevine¹, Christopher E Mandigo¹

Affiliations

¹ Department of Neurological Surgery, Columbia University-NewYork Presbyterian Hospital, New York.
² Department of Anesthesiology, Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, New York.
³ Department of Anesthesiology, Columbia University-NewYork Presbyterian Hospital, New York.

No abstract available

Plain language summary

This cohort study compares postoperative pain scores, opioid use, and length of hospital stay among adults undergoing noninstrumented lumbosacral surgery who received x-ray–guided dorsal ramus block vs those who did not.

MeSH terms

Analgesics, Opioid / therapeutic use
Humans
Nerve Block*
Opioid-Related Disorders* / drug therapy
Opioid-Related Disorders* / prevention & control
Pain, Postoperative / drug therapy
Pain, Postoperative / prevention & control
Surgeons*

Substances

Analgesics, Opioid