Perioperative adjuvant corticosteroids for post-operative analgesia in elective knee surgery – A systematic review

Perioperative adjuvant corticosteroids for post-operative analgesia in elective knee surgery – A systematic review

Abstract Background Elective knee surgery is performed to reduce chronic pain and improve function in degenerate knees. Treatment of acute post-operative pain is suboptimal in 75% of patients despite multimodal analgesic approaches resulting in higher post-operative opiate consumption. The effect of...

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Main Authors: Hasan Raza Mohammad, Marialena Trivella, Thomas W. Hamilton, Louise Strickland, David Murray, Hemant Pandit
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2017-04-01
Series:Systematic Reviews
Subjects:
Analgesia
Corticosteroids
Knee
Perioperative
Surgery
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13643-017-0485-8

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