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2022 Jul 06


J Pediatr Surg

Retrospective study comparing outcomes of multimodal epidural and erector spinae catheter pain protocols after pectus surgery.

Authors

Walter CM, Lee CS, Moore DL, Abbasian N, Clay SJ, Mecoli MD, Olbrecht VA, Batra M, Ding L, Yang F, Nair M, Huq A, Simpson BE, Brown RL, Garcia VF, Chidambaran V
J Pediatr Surg. 2022 Jul 06.
PMID: 35907711.

Abstract

There are no optimal postoperative analgesia regimens for Nuss procedures. We compared the effectiveness of thoracic epidurals (EPI) and novel ambulatory erector spinae plane (ESP) catheters as part of multimodal pain protocols after Nuss surgery.