Parth U Thakker, Davis M Temple, Caroline Minnick, Dominick Ponzi, Gopal Badlani, Ashok Hemal, William Doares, Christopher Webb, Emily McCracken, Giuseppe Orlando, Colleen Jay, Alan Farney, Robert J Stratta
BACKGROUND: Some patients with end stage renal disease are or will become narcotic-dependent. Chronic narcotic use is associated with increased graft loss and mortality following kidney transplantation. We aimed to compare the efficacy of continuous flow local anesthetic wound infusion pumps (CFLAP) with patient controlled analgesia pumps (PCA) in reducing inpatient narcotic consumption in patients undergoing kidney transplantation. MATERIALS AND METHODS: In this single-center, retrospective analysis of patients undergoing kidney transplantation, we collected demographic and operative data, peri-operative outcomes, complications, and inpatient oral morphine milligram equivalent (OME) consumption...
April 2024: Clinical Transplantation