PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Nichols, Emma Hitt
ED  - Resnick, Daniel K.
TI  - Managing Postoperative Pain in Spinal Surgery
DP  - 2015 Feb 01
TA  - MD Conference Express
PG  - 25--27
VI  - 14
IP  - 50
4099  - http://mdc.sagepub.com/content/14/50/25.short
4100  - http://mdc.sagepub.com/content/14/50/25.full
AB  - Management of pain following spinal surgery is important not only for patient outcomes but also for improving costs, complication rates, and patient experiences. In this session, presenters reviewed current guidelines and recommendations, the use of perioperative epidurals, ways to reduce tissue injury, and characteristics of current medications used postoperatively for spinal surgery.