Epidural morphine: a new approach to combined anesthesia and analgesia in urological patients.
The effect of combined epidural anesthesia and epidural morphine injection is discussed. A group of 98 patients (group A), chosen at random, was operated on under such combined anesthesia and compared to a similar group of 98 patients (group B), equally chosen at random, operated on under either spinal or general anesthesia with no epidural morphine added. Over 87% of group A needed no narcotic drugs for postoperative pain. All patients in the group B needed 60-80 mg of morphine during the first 48 postoperative hours. The quantity of morphine required was the main parameter for comparison. The postoperative course in group A was considerably easier while the operative results were equal in both groups.
Moskovitz
B
B
Bolkier
M
M
Ginesin
Y
Y
Levin
D R
DR
Rosenberg
B
B
D000082:Acetaminophen; D000368:Aged; D000698:Analgesia; D000767:Anesthesia, Epidural; D002045:Bupivacaine; D004837:Epinephrine; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009020:Morphine; D010149:Postoperative Pain / Q000188:drug therapy*; D011184:Postoperative Period; D011468:Prostatectomy
D000082:Acetaminophen; D009020:Morphine; D002045:Bupivacaine; D004837:Epinephrine