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Intrathecal diamorphine during laparotomy in a patient with advanced multiple sclerosis
J Leigh1, S J Fearnley, K G Lupprian
1Department of Anaesthetics, Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital.
Anaesthesia
|August 1, 1990
Abstract:
A patient with advanced multiple sclerosis was successfully managed for a sigmoid colectomy using spinal anaesthesia. Effective postoperative analgesia was achieved with intrathecal diamorphine administered through an indwelling intrathecal catheter, and wound infiltration with 0.25% bupivacaine.