Managing Postoperative Pain in Spinal Surgery

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  • Figure 1.

    Maximum PACU Pain on the Visual Analog Scale (Out of 10)

    PACU, postanesthesia care unit.Adapted from The Spine Journal, Geisler F, 31. Intra-operative epidural anesthetic injection for control of immediate post operative pain in PACU after lumbar spinal surgery. 9:17S. Copyright (2009), with permission from Elsevier, Inc.
  • Figure 2.

    Number of PACU Narcotic Doses

    IM, intramuscular; IV, intravenous; PACU, postanesthesia care unit.Adapted from The Spine Journal, Geisler F, 31. Intra-operative epidural anesthetic injection for control of immediate post operative pain in PACU after lumbar spinal surgery. 9:17S. Copyright (2009), with permission from Elsevier, Inc.