Publications by authors named "Renato Valmassoni Pinho"
Objective: To evaluate pulmonary function after open subcostal cholecystectomy under action of morphine in the immediate postoperative period.
Methods: This was a prospective study in which the postoperative spirometric studies of fifteen patients who underwent open subcostal cholecystectomies received peridural morphine anesthesia. Preoperative and postoperative data were compared using a paired student-t test.