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Departments of
*Anesthesiology and
Ophthalmology and Eye Hospital, University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Germany
Address correspondence and reprint requests to Dr. T. M. Hemmerling, Department of Anesthesiology, University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Krankenhausstr. 12, D-91054 Erlangen, Germany. Address e-mail to thomashemmerling{at}hotmail.com
Implications: We investigated the effects of morphine on postoperative pain in patients undergoing intraocular surgery using a new indwelling catheter. Although morphine produced central analgesic effects, there was no evidence for the involvement of peripheral opioid receptors in the modulation of ocular pain.
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