A Prospective Evaluation of Anesthesia for Posterior Lumbar Spine Fusion: The Effectiveness of Preoperative Epidural Anesthesia With Morphine

Abstract

To combine preoperative epidural anesthesia with other anesthetic procedure for spinal fusion contributes to maintain more stable hypotension during surgery. As a result, it will be possible to lessen the bleeding during surgery. In addition, the postoperative pain was easily controlled with administration of fewer analgesic agents in patients who underwent the epidural anesthesia. The effectiveness of pre-emptive analgesia should be emphasized to diminish the postoperative pain.