The purpose of this research study is to determine if the two common ways of administering additional opioids (morphine like substance, narcotic) with an epidural, either mixed in the epidural solution or given separately through the intravenous, are equally effective in controlling post-operative pain
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With a local anesthetic epidural, is the epidural administration of opioids similar to opioids administered by intravenous
Timeframe: Once daily until one day after the epidural in discontinued which would mean a maximum of 8 days post-operatively