An assessment of morphine requirement after wisdom tooth extraction under general anaesthesia.
prospective_cohort · Level II
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Abstract
The use of morphine delivered by a patient-controlled analgesia system was studied in 20 patients who had undergone surgical extraction of three or four wisdom teeth as inpatients. Whilst 64.3% of the patient requests were made in the first 8 postoperative hours, use of the system continued throughout the night in the majority of patients. The implications for analgesic regimens in day-case surgery are discussed.
Medical subject headings
- Analgesia, Patient-Controlled
- Analgesics, Opioid
- Anesthesia, Dental
- Molar, Third
- Morphine
- Postoperative Pain
- Tooth Extraction