Anesthetic Practices for Laser Therapy in Pediatric Patients with Hypertrophic Burn Scars: A Retrospective Multicenter Cohort Study.

We characterized perioperative anesthetic approaches for pediatric patients with burn scars who were undergoing laser therapy at 2 academic centers from 2020 - 2023.

Among 239 encounters for 98 patients, intraoperative/ postoperative opioids were given in 53% of encounters.

A 2-fold increase in total body surface area treated was associated with a 32% increase in the odds of opioid use (OR, 1.32; 95% CI, 1.11-1.58; P = 0.002) and 23% greater odds of pain (OR, 1.23; 95% CI, 1.05-1.43; P = 0.009) when controlling for other variables.