ArticlePakistan journal of medical sciences2013
The Effects of Intraarticular Opioids in pain relief after Arthroscopic Menisectomy: A Randomized Clinical Trial Study.
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- Single-dose intra-articular bupivacaine plus morphine versus bupivacaine alone after arthroscopic knee surgery: a meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials.Knee surgery, sports traumatology, arthroscopy : official journal of the ESSKA · 2017Pooled it
- Perioperative Methadone in Orthopedic Surgery: A Scoping Review.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Review
- The effect of intra-articular meperidine and bupivacaine 0.5% on postoperative pain of arthroscopic knee surgery; a randomized double blind clinical trial.Anesthesiology and pain medicine · 2015Article
- Comparison of the analgesic effect of intra-articular and extra-articular injection of morphine and ketamine compound in arthrotomy lower limb surgery under spinal anesthesia.Pakistan journal of medical sciences · 2014Article
- A randomized controlled trial for the effectiveness of intraarticular versus intravenous midazolam on pain after knee arthroscopy.Journal of research in medical sciences : the official journal of Isfahan University of Medical Sciences · 2014Article
- Current practice variations in the management of anterior cruciate ligament injuries in Delhi.Journal of clinical orthopaedics and traumaArticle
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Abstract
objectiveKnee arthroscopy is a painful procedure which if untreated will cause intensive and prolonged pain that may prevent rehabilitation of patients. This study was designed to compare the analgesic effects of different opioids in the early post operative period in comparison to control group. METHODOLOGY: One hundred forty patients were prospectively assigned to four groups randomly. After arthroscopic menisectomy all patients received an intraarticular injection containing 9.5 ml bupivacaine 0.5% with 1:200000 epinephrine in a 10 ml syringe. The remainder of syringe was filled with one of the study solutions. Group I: 5mg methadone, group II: 5mg morphine, group III: 5 ml normal saline, group IV: 50 mg meperidine. At three stages in the ealy post operative period the need for analgesics was recorded. A statistical comparison was done afterwards. Results : In morphine group (group II), the analgesic usage in hospitalized and outpatients compared with other groups was significantly low(P<0.05).
conclusionMorphine in comparison to meperidine or methadone is more beneficial in reducing pain or analgesic need when is added to bupivacain injection following arthroscopic menisectomy.
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