Open AccessComparative study of epidural application of morphine versus gelfoam soaked in morphine for lumbar laminectomy
Author(s) -
Sandeep Kundra,
Veenu Gupta,
Hanish Bansal,
Anju Grewal,
Sunil Katyal,
Amol Choudhary
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
journal of anaesthesiology-clinical pharmacology/journal of anaesthesiology clinical pharmacology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.466
H-Index - 32
eISSN - 2231-2730
pISSN - 0970-9185
DOI - 10.4103/0970-9185.125703
Subject(s) - medicine , morphine , anesthesia , laminectomy , lumbar , surgery , spinal cord , psychiatry
Epidural application of morphine has been used for postoperative analgesia following spine surgery but short duration of action of single application limits its widespread use.