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ArticleOrthopaedic journal of sports medicine2021

Comparing the Efficacy of Postoperative Pain Control Between Intravenous Parecoxib and Oral Diclofenac in ACL Reconstruction.

Chaiwat Chuaychoosakoon, Wachiraphan Parinyakhup, Arnan Wiwatboworn, Peeranut Purngpiputtrakul, Pawin Wanasitchaiwat, Tanarat Boonriong

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Article in Orthopaedic journal of sports medicine, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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Chaiwat ChuaychoosakoonDepartment of Orthopedics, Faculty of Medicine, Prince of Songkla University, Songkhla, Thailand.
Wachiraphan ParinyakhupDepartment of Orthopedics, Faculty of Medicine, Prince of Songkla University, Songkhla, Thailand.
Arnan WiwatbowornDepartment of Orthopedics, Faculty of Medicine, Prince of Songkla University, Songkhla, Thailand.
Peeranut PurngpiputtrakulDepartment of Orthopedics, Faculty of Medicine, Prince of Songkla University, Songkhla, Thailand.
Pawin WanasitchaiwatDepartment of Orthopedics, Faculty of Medicine, Prince of Songkla University, Songkhla, Thailand.
Tanarat BoonriongDepartment of Orthopedics, Faculty of Medicine, Prince of Songkla University, Songkhla, Thailand.
Prince of Songkla University · TH

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Abstract

backgroundA nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug such as oral diclofenac is normally used to relieve postoperative pain after anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction (ACLR), but most patients continue to have moderate-to-severe pain that disturbs their rehabilitation. Some orthopaedists prefer to use intravenous (IV) parecoxib for postoperative pain control. PURPOSE: To compare the efficacy of IV parecoxib and oral diclofenac for postoperative pain control in ACLR. STUDY

designCohort study; Level of evidence, 3.

methodsWe retrospectively collected and analyzed postoperative pain in patients who underwent both single- and double-bundle ACLR; pain was reported on a 10-point visual analog scale (VAS; 10 = worst pain). After the operation, each patient was given either IV parecoxib twice a day or oral diclofenac 3 times a day, and all patients received paracetamol 6 times per day for 24 hours postoperatively. If the patient complained of moderate or severe pain (VAS >3) after surgery, 3 mg of morphine would be given intravenously every 3 hours and 1 mg of morphine as a rescue analgesic every 1 hour for 24 hours postoperatively. Postoperative VAS and morphine consumption were recorded every 4 hours for 24 hours. Data were analyzed using paired

resultsOverall, 161 patients were included in this study, of whom 47 received IV parecoxib and 114 received oral diclofenac. The mean VAS scores at 4 and 8 hours postoperatively were 3.5 and 3.4, respectively, in the parecoxib group, and 4.4 and 4.7, respectively, in the diclofenac group. The parecoxib group had significantly lower mean VAS than the diclofenac group at 4 hours (

conclusionThis study found that IV parecoxib was more effective than oral diclofenac in controlling postoperative pain and resulted in lower postoperative morphine consumption within the first 24 hours after ACLR.

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anterior cruciate ligamentarthroscopic surgerypostoperative painreconstruction

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