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Case Reports
. 1982:74:149-50.
doi: 10.1111/j.1399-6576.1982.tb01865.x.

Long-term epidural morphine analgesia

L Mandaus, R Blomberg, E Hammar
Case Reports

Long-term epidural morphine analgesia

L Mandaus et al. Acta Anaesthesiol Scand Suppl. 1982.

Abstract

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 complication.

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