Immediate postoperative pain level from lumbar arthrodesis following epidural infiltration of morphine sulfate

OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the pain level in patients treated with epidural infusion of morphine sulfate in a single dose, after a surgical procedure to perform lumber arthrodesis.METHODS: Forty patients underwent posterolateral lumbar arthrodesis or intersomatic lumbar arthrodesis via a posterior route...

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Main Authors: Carlos Alexandre Botelho do Amaral, Tertuliano Vieira, Edgar Taira Nakagawa, Eduardo Aires Losch, Pedro José Labronici
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Ortopedia e Traumatologia 2015-02-01
Series:Revista Brasileira de Ortopedia
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0102-36162015000100072&lng=en&tlng=en