Epidural morphine for post-hemorrhoidectomy analgesia.
Sixty-six patients were operated upon for third- or fourth-degree hemorrhoids during the period of January 1982 through November 1983. A single injection of epidural morphine was given for relief of postoperative pain. Eighty-three point three per cent of the patients needed no other analgesics and 16.7 per cent required only mild analgesics. There were no complications observed after surgery.
D000328:Adult; D000698:Analgesia; D000767:Anesthesia, Epidural; D005260:Female; D006484:Hemorrhoids / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009020:Morphine; D011184:Postoperative Period
D009020:Morphine