Management Protocol With Multimodal Analgesia Improves Pain After Total Shoulder Arthroplasty

New York—A pain management protocol for total shoulder arthroplasty involving an interscalene block with multiple additives and multimodal analgesia demonstrated successful pain control without the use of perineural catheters. According to researchers, postoperative pain scores with movement were less than preoperative scores, and IV opioid use was minimal. Although not a randomized controlled trial, when compared with conventional therapy of general anesthesia and opioids, pain outcomes