Surgery
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Randomized Controlled Trial Comparative Study
Superiority of postoperative epidural over intravenous patient-controlled analgesia in orthopedic oncologic patients.
Surgery for bone malignancy is associated with intense postoperative pain. Patient-controlled epidural analgesia (PCEA) and intravenous patient-controlled analgesia (IV-PCA) are used currently for postoperative pain control. ⋯ Postoperative ropivacaine + fentanyl via PCEA reduces pain better and affords better subjective feelings than IV morphine via PCA after resection of bone malignancy carried out under combined general and epidural anesthesia.