Single-injection epidural anesthesia with bupivacaine and morphine for prostatectomy.
In 30 patients having prostatectomies, 15 patients (group I) given single-injection epidural anesthesia using bupivacaine and morphine (4 mg) were compared with 15 patients (group II) given epidural bupivacaine without morphine. Patients in group I had pain relief for a mean duration of 27 hours and did not request additional analgesia. Patients receiving bupivacaine alone had pain relief for an average of 6.2 hours after surgery; all required narcotics postoperatively. It was concluded that the addition of 4 mg of morphine to the local anesthetic for epidural anesthesia in patients having prostatectomies results in excellent postoperative analgesia.
D000368:Aged; D000767:Anesthesia, Epidural; D002045:Bupivacaine / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D004338:Drug Combinations; D004341:Drug Evaluation; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009020:Morphine / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D011468:Prostatectomy; D011897:Random Allocation; D013997:Time Factors
D004338:Drug Combinations; D009020:Morphine; D002045:Bupivacaine