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. 1989;15(5):229-32.
doi: 10.1159/000120474.

Use of epidural morphine for control of postoperative pain in selective dorsal rhizotomy for spasticity

M L Sparkes  1 , A S Klein, A C Duhaime, J P Mickle
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Use of epidural morphine for control of postoperative pain in selective dorsal rhizotomy for spasticity

M L Sparkes et al. Pediatr Neurosci. 1989.

Abstract

Postoperative pain control can be a major problem after selective dorsal rhizotomy for the treatment of spasticity. We report the use of epidural morphine delivered via a catheter placed at surgery for postoperative analgesia in 28 consecutive patients undergoing this procedure. Pain was well controlled using this technique, and no patients required concomitant parenteral analgesia. There were no instances of respiratory depression, wound infection, or central nervous system depression, and the patients were easily mobilized in the early postoperative period. Epidural morphine is concluded to be a safe and very efficacious method of analgesia after selective dorsal rhizotomy.

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