Society for Pediatric Pain Medicine
Better Care for Children in Pain

The Society for Pediatric Pain Medicine (SPPM) aims to advance the quality of anesthesia care and the alleviation of pain-related conditions in children.

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Better Care for Children in Pain

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Question of the Month

Welcome to your Question of the Month - January 2021


January's Question of the Month is written by:    








                                                    







Elizabeth O'Brien, MD
Pediatric Anesthesiology Fellow
Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care
Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia


An 8-year-old female with a history of a cleft lip and palate status post staged primary repairs of both defects presents for an alveolar cleft graft. The surgical team intends to use a pyramidal bone block from the anterior iliac crest for the graft site. The patient reports hives with morphine and a history of postoperative nausea/vomiting. As part of an opioid-sparing multimodal analgesic plan, you offer to place a transversalis fascia plane block for post-op pain control. Identify the location for local anesthetic deposition for a successful block:

Figure 1

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SPPM 8th Annual Meeting
April 24-25, 2021
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