J Korean Pain Soc.
1997 May;10(1):28-33.
Analgesic Effect of Intraarticular Morphine or Ketorolac after Arhroscopic Knee Sugery
- Affiliations
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- 1Pain Clinic, Department of Anesthesiology, College of Medicine, Dankook University, Cheonan, Korea.
Abstract
- BACKGROUND
Analgesic effect of intra-articular morphine or ketoronac treatment alone, or a combination of both drugs, on postoperative pain were evaluated in 40 healthy male patients undergoing arthsoscopic knee surgery.
METHOD: Upon completion of surgery under spinal anesthesia, each patients knee joint was injected with 30 ml of 0.25% bupivacaine. Then, via parenteral or intra-articular route, one study group received morphine and other group received ketorolac.
RESULTS
Groups who received either intra-articular ketorolac, or morphine, experienced decreased postoperative pain reducing need for additional analgesics. The combination treatment of intra-articular morphine and ketorolac did not improved results.
CONCLUSIONS
Singular use of either intra-articular morphine, or ketorolac, improves postoperative analgesia in patients undergoing arthroscopic sugery: Combination of these drugs offered no further advantage over its single prescription.