Efficacy of Liposomal Bupivacaine for Pain Control in Pediatric Patients With Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis Undergoing Instrumented Posterior Spinal Fusion
Patients who received liposomal bupivacaine had lower VAS pain scores at rest, opioid consumption, and length of stay with no increase in complications. This suggests that a long-acting local anesthetic formulation may offer superior pain management.
Authors
- Jon-Paul DiMauro
- Sarah Trent (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8617-2679)
- Vishal Sarwahi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2628-0595)
- Jeremy Nikfarjam
- Terry Amaral
- Yungtai Lo (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2694-4830)
- Sanjeeva P. Kalva (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0692-9585)
- Katherine Eigo
- Effat Rahman
- A. M. Cohen
- Alexander Morledge
Institutions
- Sprint (United States) (US)
- Albert Einstein College of Medicine (US)
- Donald & Barbara Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell (US)
- Cohen Children's Medical Center (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Spine
- Published
- 2025-10-28
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1097/brs.0000000000005548
- Primary Topic
- Anesthesia and Pain Management
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00