Rapid recovery protocol for scoliosis surgery aims to reduce opioid use: 3 insights

Dominick A. Tuason, MD, and Thomas McPartland, MD, instituted a rapid recovery protocol for adolescent scoliosis patients at New Brunswick, N.J.-based Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital, My Central Jersey reports.

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Here are three things to know:

1. Rapid Recovery Pathway aims to limit patients’ narcotic painkiller use by speeding up their recovery time.

2. Patients on the pathway, which uses a multimodal pain management approach, use fewer narcotics in and out of the hospital. Patients a slight decrease in pain scores.

3. Drs. Tuason and McPartland are both board-certified pediatric orthopedic spine surgeons at Pediatric Orthopedic Associates in East Brunswick, N.J.

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