Abstract: Objective To observe the effect of epidural injection with different dose of butorphanol or sufentanil on the rats' spinal cord morphology and serum myelin basic protein(MBP) in bone cancer pain models. Methods A PE-530 catheter was inserted into the epidural space of all male Sprague-Dawley rats(not mated, weighting 150-180 g) at L1-L2 level. Three days after operation, 64 rats without any motor dysfunction were randomly divided into eight groups(n=8): sham operation group (group C), normal saline group (group N), butorphanol groups(group B1, B2, B3) and sufentanil groups(group S1, S2, S3). Bone cancer pain model was constructed in group N, B and S when rats in group C were sham operated. Rats in group C and N were epidurally injected NS 30 μl each, and rats in group B1,B2 and B3 were respectively epidurally injected butorphanol 25, 50, 100 μg (all diluted to 30 μl with
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