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Neurosurgical Review
Published in: Neurosurgical Review 3/2015

01-07-2015 | Review

Analgesic therapy for major spine surgery

Authors: Varun Puvanesarajah, Jason A. Liauw, Sheng-fu Lo, Ioan A. Lina, Timothy F. Witham, Allan Gottschalk

Published in: Neurosurgical Review | Issue 3/2015

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Abstract

Pain following spine surgery is often difficult to control and can persist. Reduction of this pain requires a multidisciplinary approach that depends on contributions of both surgeons and anesthesiologists. The spine surgeon’s role involves limiting manipulation of structures contributing to pain sensation in the spine, which requires an in-depth understanding of the specific anatomic etiologies of pain originating along the spinal axis. Anesthesiologists, on the other hand, must focus on preemptive, multimodal analgesic treatment regimens. In this review, we first discuss anatomic sources of pain within the spine, before delving into a specific literature-supported pain management protocol intended for use with spinal surgery.
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Metadata
Title
Analgesic therapy for major spine surgery
Authors
Varun Puvanesarajah
Jason A. Liauw
Sheng-fu Lo
Ioan A. Lina
Timothy F. Witham
Allan Gottschalk
Publication date
01-07-2015
Publisher
Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Published in
Neurosurgical Review / Issue 3/2015
Print ISSN: 0344-5607
Electronic ISSN: 1437-2320
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10143-015-0605-7

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