• Masui · Feb 2005

    [Thoracic epidural analgesia is effective in perioperative pain relief for uterine artery embolization].

    • Tomoya Nagao, Tetsuro Ohwada, Miho Kitazono, Kousei Ohshima, Hiroshi Shimizu, and Masao Katayama.
    • Department of Anesthesia, St. Luke's International Hospital, Tokyo 104-8560.
    • Masui. 2005 Feb 1; 54 (2): 156-9.

    BackgroundUterine artery embolization (UAE) has become widely employed in Japan. Although several methods of anesthesia and analgesia are performed for UAE, pain control does not appear to be satisfactory. We report a series of UAE, successfully managed using thoracic epidural analgesia.MethodsBefore UAE an epidural analgesic catheter was inserted at T 10-11. Local anesthetic and morphine sulfate were administered through the catheter. After the UAE patients received patient-controlled epidural analgesia (PCEA) for 24 hours. The next day, patients were treated with diclofenac sodium 25 mg suppository every 8 hours.ResultsIn all cases, early pain was controlled well by epidural analgesia. Late pain was controlled by combining epidural analgesia with diclofenac sodium. Nausea and pruritus due to morphine sulfate occurred in some cases, but disappeared after discontinuation of PCEA.ConclusionsSeveral phases of severe pain are seen perioperatively in UAE. Because thoracic epidural analgesia is easily administered and the dosage of the drugs used effectively controlled, it is a practical method for perioperative pain control for UAE.

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