Opioid usage showed evidence of an increasing trend across each POD.
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Continuous Epidural Analgesia (CEA) via Single Catheter Providing Profound Analgesia for Pediatric Patients Following Posterior Spinal Fusion (PSF) in Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis (AIS).
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The mean pain score on POD 3 after epidural removal was significantly higher than POD 1 and POD 2, but did not reach statistical significance when compared to the mean pain score on the DOS.
There may have been other confounders but the observed differences in pain scores and opioid usage after epidural removal were highly significant.