Etoricoxib, paracetamol, and dextropropoxyphene for postoperative pain management: a questionnaire survey of consumption of take-home medication after elective hallux valgus surgery.

In this study, patients were presented with a questionnaire-based survey about the consumption of analgesics and pain ratings up to the third postoperative day following elective hallux valgus surgery. The aim was to study the consumption of analgesics and to look for factors influencing the need for rescue analgesia. All patients were provided with take-home oral medication, with etoricoxib 120 mg once daily, paracetamol 1 to 4 g daily, and dextropropoxyphene 100 mg provided as add-on rescue analgesics in a stepwise fashion.

Multi-modal-analgesia for pain management after Hallux Valgus surgery: a prospective randomised study on the effect of ankle block.

Background: Pain and emesis are the two major complaints after day case surgery. Local anaesthesia has become an important part of optimizing intra and post-operative pain treatment, but is sometimes not entirely sufficient. The aim of the present study was to study the effect of adding an ankle block to a multi-modal analgesic approach on the first 24-hour-need for rescue analgesia in patients undergoing elective Hallux Valgus surgery.

Pain after elective arthroscopy of the knee: a prospective, randomised, study comparing conventional NSAID to coxib.

Although outpatient knee arthroscopy is probably by far the most frequently performed orthopaedic procedure, there are limited guidelines or consensus concerning the peroral postoperative pain management. A diversity of analgesics both in potency and action is prescribed. The purpose of the present investigation was to grade the pain and need for rescue medication during the first 4 days after the knee arthroscopy, comparing a conventional nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug (NSAID) with a selective cox-II-inhibitor (coxib) as postoperative pain medication.

The postoperative analgesic effects of intra-articular levobupivacaine in elective day-case arthroscopy of the knee: a prospective, randomized, double-blind clinical study.

Purpose: Pain and emesis are the two major complaints after day surgery. Local anesthesia has become an important part of optimizing perioperative pain treatment. The aim of the present study was to study two different concentrations of levobupivacaine's effect on postoperative pain following elective arthroscopy of the knee with lidocaine 10 mg/ml with adrenaline as active control.