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Current efforts to improve pain alleviation focus on non-opioid pharmaceuticals. Intravenous perioperative corticosteroid administration has been suggested as an alternative method for post-operative pain control. The evidence regarding perioperative intravenous corticosteroids to help alleviate post-operative pain is mixed. Some meta-analyses report decreased opioid consumption and decreased pain intensity after a variety of surgical procedures. However, a study of larger orthopedic procedures found no benefit. The catabolic and immunosuppressant effects of corticosteroids also pose issues with wound healing and infection, which can have severe consequences after spine surgery. There is limited data on the effect of perioperative intravenous steroid administration on pain alleviation in children having surgery to address spine deformity. A recent retrospective review demonstrated that perioperative corticosteroid administration was associated with a statistically significant decrease in opioid medication utilization among children and adolescents after spinal deformity surgery. While not increasing the risk of postoperative complications. The investigators hypothesize that the administration of perioperative intravenous dexamethasone will demonstrate a clinically meaningful and statistically significant decrease in postoperative pain intensity, need for opioid medications, time to ambulation, and length of stay in children recovering from surgery for spine deformity.


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NCT number NCT05287035
Study type Interventional
Source University of Texas at Austin
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Status Enrolling by invitation
Phase Early Phase 1
Start date July 1, 2023
Completion date July 1, 2025

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