IV Lidocaine Analgesia in Pediatric Scoliosis Surgery
Status:
Recruiting
Trial end date:
2022-12-01
Target enrollment:
Participant gender:
Summary
Surgical correction of scoliosis in children is a long procedure, with an equivalently long
recovery time, that is commonly performed at BC Children's Hospital. Treating pain
immediately after the procedure is a priority for children during recovery. Morphine is one
medication that can be used to manage post-operative pain, but unfortunately, its use is
accompanied by a number of side effects which can affect recovery. These include nausea,
vomiting, pruritus, sedation, dysphoria, respiratory depression, constipation, ileus, and
urinary retention.
In order to control pain and reduce morphine consumption, intravenous lidocaine is being
investigated. This therapy has been beneficial in adult populations undergoing abdominal
surgery and has been associated with decreased post-operative pain, decrease use of opioids
including morphine, and ileus. These all contribute to shorter lengths of stay in the
hospital and better recovery in the adult population.
Intravenous lidocaine is used by some anesthesiologists at BC Children's Hospital to manage
post-operative pain in children receiving surgical correction for scoliosis, but this is not
a standard of practice. We now propose to conduct a double-blind randomized controlled trial
to determine if intravenous lidocaine, infused from start of anesthesia up to 48 hours
post-operatively, will reduce morphine use and improve post-operative pain in the pediatric
population.