[Epidural analgesia with clofelin in treating a pain syndrome]

The article presents a clinical experience with using epidural analgesia with Clofelin in 20 patients to arrest the pain syndrome developed at the postoperative period and resulting from atherosclerotic lesions of the lower extremity vessels. Control of the adequacy of anesthesia was made by registration of the H-reflex value. The investigations have shown that epidural analgesia with Clofelin is an effective measure to arrest the pain syndrome.