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Effect of Intrathecal Morphine on Quality of Recovery After Laparoscopic Colorectal Cancer Surgery

Colorectal cancer is the second most common tumor in women and the third most common tumor in men, accounting for approximately 10% of tumors diagnosed and tumor-related deaths worldwide each year. Laparoscopic resection has become the standard of colorectal cancer surgery, and its main advantages are to shorten the length of hospital stay, reduce postoperative pain, and accelerate patient recovery. However, it has been reported that about 49% of patients undergoing laparoscopic colorectal cancer surgery still have moderate to severe postoperative pain. The insertion of abdominal drainage tube will increase the degree of postoperative pain, especially when patients take deep breaths, exercise or cough, which will increase the demand for postoperative opioids and reduce the quality of postoperative recovery. How to further reduce the postoperative pain of patients, reduce the dosage of opioids, shorten the length of hospital stay, promote the rapid recovery of patients and improve patient satisfaction are our concerns. Intrathecal morphine can provide a good analgesic effect on visceral pain. At present, intrathecal morphine has become a new method of postoperative analgesia, which is used in thoracic, abdominal and obstetrics and gynecology operations. The objective of this study was to investigate the effect of intrathecal morphine on the quality of recovery after laparoscopic colon cancer surgery.