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Use of intrathecal morphine for postoperative pain relief after elective laparoscopic colorectal surgery
Author(s) -
Kong SK.,
Onsiong S. M. K.,
Chiu W. K. Y.,
Li M. K. W.
Publication year - 2002
Publication title -
anaesthesia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.839
H-Index - 117
eISSN - 1365-2044
pISSN - 0003-2409
DOI - 10.1046/j.1365-2044.2002.02873.x
Subject(s) - medicine , morphine , anesthesia , analgesic , nausea , vomiting , surgery , adverse effect , postoperative nausea and vomiting , laparoscopic surgery , laparoscopy
Summary Laparoscopic surgery has become popular in recent years, but few studies have addressed analgesia for this type of surgery. We conducted a prospective double‐blind randomised trial on 36 cases of laparoscopic colorectal surgery to determine the influence of intrathecal morphine on postoperative pain relief. All patients received a subarachnoid block with local anaesthetic in addition to general anaesthesia. One group also received intrathecal morphine. A patient‐controlled analgesic (PCA) device was prescribed for pain control postoperatively and the visual analogue score (VAS) was used for pain assessment. The group who received intrathecal morphine used significantly less morphine. There were no adverse cardiovascular effects of the combined anaesthetic technique. Nausea and vomiting remained the main side‐effect of intrathecal morphine but this was easily treated with anti‐emetics.