TY - JOUR T1 - Intrathecal Morphine for Postoperative Pain Relief JF - Regional Anesthesia: The Journal of Neural Blockade in Obstetrics, Surgery, & Pain Control JO - Reg Anesth Pain Med SP - 1 LP - 3 DO - 10.1136/rapm-00002370-198101000-00001 VL - 6 IS - 1 AU - Jordan Katz AU - William Nelson Y1 - 1981/01/01 UR - http://rapm.bmj.com/content/6/1/1.abstract N2 - A study was performed on a group of inguinal herniorrhaphy patients comparing postoperative analgesia of spinal anesthetics with spinal anesthetics plus intrathecal morphine. Those patients receiving intrathecal morphine obtained significant pain relief as compared with the control group. Five of seven morphine patients developed urinary retention. Generalized itching resulted from the morphine use. ER -