Intrathecal Morphine Versus Nerve Blocks in an Enhanced Recovery Pathway for Pancreatic Surgery

Intrathecal morphine (ITM) and peripheral nerve blocks are accepted techniques for analgesia after abdominal surgery, but their efficacy has not been evaluated in the context of an enhanced recovery pathway (ERP) in pancreatic surgery.We retrospectively compared postoperative analgesia (pain scores and opioid requirements) after open or robotic pancreatoduodenectomy or distal pancreatectomy among ERP patients receiving either ITM or transversus...