Revista española de anestesiología y reanimación
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Rev Esp Anestesiol Reanim · Nov 1998
Randomized Controlled Trial Comparative Study Clinical Trial[Comparative study of preemptive and postincisional lumbar epidural morphine in pulmonary resection. Preliminary report].
To evaluate the efficacy and incidence of side effects of two types of lumbar epidural analgesia with morphine, preemptive or postincisional, combined with total intravenous anesthesia in chest surgery. ⋯ Preemptive analgesia with lumbar epidural morphine in addition to the general anesthesia described here seems to provide higher-quality analgesia with few side effects, reducing the need for propofol and alfentanil during surgery and for postoperative morphine and metamizole.