RT Journal
A1 Garland, Douglas E.
A1 Khoury, George F.
A1 Stahl, Shalom
A1 Moscona, Rony A.
A1 Ben-David, Bruce
T1 Correspondence
JF The Journal of Bone & Joint Surgery
JO The Journal of Bone & Joint Surgery
YR 1998
FD March 1
VO 80
IS 3
SP 454
OP a
DO 
UL http://dx.doi.org/
AB 
    In "The Effect of Local Infiltration with Morphine before Carpal Tunnel Release" (79-A: 551—554, April 1997), Stahl et al. seemingly attempted to extend the indications for morphine by studying the preoperative effect of local infiltration. The morphine was injected in the area of the release after application of the tourniquet but before the incision was made. The results demonstrated that patients who received morphine had more pain during the release and did not have less pain postoperatively than patients who did not receive morphine. Also, the patients who received morphine had weakness and hypotension, which Stahl et al. postulated may have been secondary to the systemic effects of morphine.