ARTHROPLASTY
Multimodal pain management effective after bipolar hemiarthroplasty for hip fracture
J Bone Joint Surg Am. 2013 Jan 9. doi: 10.2106/JBJS.K.0170882 elderly patients with hip fractures scheduled to undergo bipolar hemiarthroplasty were randomized into two groups to determine the efficacy of multimodal pain management. Patients either received preemptive pain medication and intraoperative periarticular injections or did not. Following 7 days of assessment, results indicated that multimodal pain management was effective in providing additional pain relief over the first 4 days and reduced the amount of narcotics consumed for postoperative pain management.
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