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2020 Aug 19


BMC Anesthesiol


20


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Intrathecal morphine is associated with reduction in postoperative opioid requirements and improvement in postoperative analgesia in patients undergoing open liver resection.

Authors

Tang J, Churilov L, Tan C O, Hu R, Pearce B, Cosic L, Christophi C, Weinberg L
BMC Anesthesiol. 2020 Aug 19; 20(1):207.
PMID: 32814546.

Abstract

Our study aimed to test the hypothesis that the addition of intrathecal morphine (ITM) results in reduced postoperative opioid use and enhanced postoperative analgesia in patients undergoing open liver resection using a standardized enhanced recovery after surgery (ERAS) protocol with multimodal analgesia.