Accelerate postoperative management after scoliosis surgery in healthy and impaired children: intravenous opioid therapy versus epidural therapy.

Purpose: Postoperative pain is a major concern following scoliosis surgery. CEA (continuous epidural analgesia) is established in postoperative pain therapy as well as intravenous patient-controlled analgesia (IV-PCA). The purpose of this study was to compare the clinical outcomes of both methods.