Opioid Sparing Effect of an ISP Nerve Block on Post-Op Pain Control in Posterior Cervical Spine Surgery

Description

Participants who have a surgical procedure called Posterior Cervical (neck) Spine Surgery will normally need pain medication to relieve post operative pain. This usually includes opioid medications. In this study, the consented participant may receive a nerve block procedure, in addition to the pain relieving medication. There is a fifty-fifty chance to receive the nerve block. The goal is to see if the nerve block group needs less opioid medication, has lower pain scores and is discharged from the hospital sooner.

Conditions

Pain, Postoperative

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Study overview

Participants who have a surgical procedure called Posterior Cervical (neck) Spine Surgery will normally need pain medication to relieve post operative pain. This usually includes opioid medications. In this study, the consented participant may receive a nerve block procedure, in addition to the pain relieving medication. There is a fifty-fifty chance to receive the nerve block. The goal is to see if the nerve block group needs less opioid medication, has lower pain scores and is discharged from the hospital sooner.

The Opioid Sparing Effect of an Inter-semispinalis Plane Block on Postoperative Pain Control in Posterior Cervical Spine Surgery

Opioid Sparing Effect of an ISP Nerve Block on Post-Op Pain Control in Posterior Cervical Spine Surgery

Condition
Pain, Postoperative
Intervention / Treatment

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Contacts and Locations

Stony Brook

Stony Brook University Hospital, Stony Brook, New York, United States, 11794

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

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Eligibility Criteria

  • * Having Posterior Cervical Spine Surgery from C2 - C7, which may extend to the upper thoracic vertebrae, inclusive to T3.
  • * Capacity to provide informed consent
  • * Fusion and decompression due to trauma
  • * Emergent procedures
  • * Patient is on a medication-assisted treatment, e.g., buprenorphine, naltrexone or methadone.
  • * There is an infection near or in the area of neck where the block will be placed.
  • * The patient is having a complicated surgery or a revision surgery
  • * Female patient with a positive pregnancy test on the day of surgery (hospital standard-of-care).
  • * Patient has Diabetes
  • * Patients who have had a prior adverse reaction to bupivacaine or dexamethasone
  • * Patients with Glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase deficiency or congenital or idiopathic methemoglobinemia

Ages Eligible for Study

18 Years to 75 Years

Sexes Eligible for Study

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Collaborators and Investigators

Stony Brook University,

Eman Nada, MBBCH, PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR, Stony Brook University Hospital

Study Record Dates

2026-02