FOOT & ANKLE
Multi-drug injection following hallux valgus surgery reduces postoperative pain
Foot Ankle Int. 2011 Sep;32(9):856-6030 patients were randomized to examine whether the administration of local multi-drug injection following bilateral hallux valgus surgery could reduce postoperative pain. Patients received a multi-drug injection (containing ropivacaine, morphine, ketorolac, and epinephrine) in one foot and the same volume of normal saline in the other foot. Results revealed that the multi-drug injection led to significantly less pain after the first 4 and 8 hours, and then gradually declined through the first and second postoperative day.
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