
Arthroplasty
Perioperative celecoxib improves postoperative resting pain and active ROM after TKR
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BMC Musculoskelet Disord. 2008 Jun 3;9:77.
80 patients scheduled to undergo total knee arthroplasty were randomized to receive celecoxib perioperatively along with the morphine PCA or just the morphine PCA. The purpose of this study was to evaluate efficacy of postoperative pain management. The perioperative celecoxib was found to significantly improve the postoperative resting pain scores at 48 and 72 hours and active ROM in the first three days after total knee arthroplasty. It also decreased the opioid consumption, without any increase in the occurrence of bleeding.
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