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Long‐Term Epidural Morphine Analgesia
Author(s) -
Mandaus L.,
Blomberg R.,
Hammar E.
Publication year - 1982
Publication title -
acta anaesthesiologica scandinavica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.738
H-Index - 107
eISSN - 1399-6576
pISSN - 0001-5172
DOI - 10.1111/j.1399-6576.1982.tb01865.x
Subject(s) - medicine , epidural space , cannula , morphine , anesthesia , complication , surgery
Long‐term treatment for malignant pain with morphine epidurally poses some technical problems: infection and contamination of epidural space, fixation of the epidural cannula, personal hygiene of the patient, etc. We suggest that a solution to these problems is subcutaneous tunnelling of the epidural cannula. This paper describes our technique and presents the case histories of two patients. In one case, a single epidural cannula was used for 207 days for treatment with morphine epidurally without any complications.