The effects of intraoperative epidural morphine bolus followed by thoracic epidural infusion for postoperative analgesia in liver resection. A retrospective study

Status

Active, not recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Observational

Source

TCTR

Registry ID

TCTR20220127007

Enrollment

158

Registered

2022-01-27

Start date

2018-10-01

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2026-08-03

For informational purposes only — not medical advice. Sourced from public registries and may not reflect the latest updates. Terms

Conditions

postoperative pain epidural morphine Epidural morphine postoperative analgesia

Interventions

Intraoperative epidural morphine bolus followed by conventional epidural analgesia,our conventional local anesthetics and opioids infusion

Treatment,Treatment

Additional epidural morphine bolus,Conventional epidural analgesia

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Age

18 Years to 80 Years

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: the patients who underwent open elective liver resection and received epidural analgesia for at least 24 hours were included.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: no records or insufficient records of pain scores, retained endotracheal tube within 24 hours adding postoperative epidural morphine bolus

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
postoperative pain At postoperative care unit, and at postoperative day 1 NRS	—

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
Opioid-related side effect at postoperative day 1 need antiemetics, naloxone	—

Countries

Thailand

Contacts

Public ContactWorapot Apinyachon

Faculty of Medicine Ramathibodi Hospital, Mahidol University

worapot.api@mahidol.ac.th022011513

Outcome results

None listed

Source: TCTR (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Aug 9, 2026