Multimodal anesthesia with the addition of methadone is superior to epidural analgesia: A retrospective comparison of intraoperative anesthetic techniques and pain management for 124 pediatric patients undergoing the Nuss procedure.

Background: The Nuss procedure corrects pectus excavatum by forceful displacement of the sternum with metal bars. Optimal pain management remains a challenge. Mutimodal anesthesia alleviates pain through blockade of multiple nociceptive and inflammatory pain receptors.

Evaluation of dexmedetomidine and postoperative pain management in patients with adolescent idiopathic scoliosis: conclusions based on a retrospective study at a tertiary pediatric hospital.

Objectives: This study evaluated the effectiveness of dexmedetomidine in decreasing opioid use in children with adolescent idiopathic scoliosis following posterior spinal fusion surgery at a pediatric tertiary care hospital over the past 10 years.

Design: This was a retrospective chart review. Patients were separated into two groups: those that received opioid via patient-controlled analgesia pain therapy alone and those that received opioid via patient-controlled analgesia pain therapy with dexmedetomidine.

Proton beam radiation therapy in the treatment of pediatric central nervous system malignancies: a review of the literature.

One of 5 pediatric cancers occurs within the central nervous system. Although outcomes have improved, the greatest challenge with these patients remains the balance between cure and long-term morbidity. Patients who have undergone radiation therapy remain at high risk for developing a multitude of severe long-term sequelae.