One shot to control Pain: Decreasing postoperative opioid use in gynecologic oncology patients with intrathecal opioid injection

• Main Authors: Yevgeniya Ioffe (Author), Ruofan Yao (Author), Eileen Hou (Author), Michelle Wheeler (Author), Mohamed Nour (Author), Wei Yun Wang (Author), Linda Hong (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Elsevier, 2021-11-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Objectives: To determine whether regional anesthesia with single-shot intrathecal opioid injections (ITO) reduce postoperative pain and intravenous (IV) opioid use after exploratory laparotomy in major gynecologic surgeries. Methods: A retrospective chart review of 315 consecutive cases of patients...