PREVENTION OF POSTOPERATIVE PAIN BY BALANCED ANALGESIA

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Abstract
Fourteen patients undergoing colorectal surgery received an intraoperative afferent neural block with combined intrathecal and extradural local anaesthetics plus a balanced postoperative lowdose regimen of extradural bupivacaine 10 mg h−1-morphine 0.2 mg h−1 and systemic piroxicam 20 mg/24 h. Postoperative pain, assessed repeatedly during the initial 48 h, was prevented during rest, mobilization from the supine to the sitting position and during walking, in all but one patient; slight pain was observed intermittently during coughing in four patients.