Intrathecal Morphine Versus Epidural Extended Release Morphine for Pediatric Patients Undergoing Spinal Fusion
Status:
Completed
Trial end date:
2012-09-01
Target enrollment:
Participant gender:
Summary
This study plans to learn more about preventing pain in children who are having posterior
spinal fusion surgery using two different kinds of morphine (a pain medicine). Also, this
study plans to learn about individual differences in the how the different kinds of morphine
work in children.
Subjects are being asked to be in this research study because they are having spinal fusion
surgery, will have pain some of the time and will be getting morphine during and after
surgery to help control their pain.