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The evaluation of patients' satisfaction and outcome after surgery is of increasing importance. An optimized postoperative pain management may contribute substantially to this important goal. ⋯ Evaluation of patients' satisfaction with postoperative epidural pain therapy resulted in a high degree of satisfaction without correlation between patients' satisfaction and recalled maximum pain levels. These results, including side effects and special problems during pain therapy, provide motivation to further improve postoperative pain management.