Low-dose intra-articular ketorolac for pain relief following arthroscopy of the knee joint

Anaesthesia

Volumn 53, Issue 11, 1998, Pages 1125-1129

  Convery, P N ^a,b,c   Milligan, K R ^a   Quinn, P ^a   Scott, K ^a   Clarke, R C N ^a  

^a MUSGRAVE PARK HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b BELFAST CITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c ROYAL GROUP OF HOSPITALS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Analgesic; ketorolac; Pain; postoperative; Surgery; arthroscopy

Indexed keywords

BUPIVACAINE; KETOROLAC; LOCAL ANESTHETIC AGENT; MORPHINE; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; OPIATE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRAARTICULAR DRUG ADMINISTRATION; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; KNEE ARTHROSCOPY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE ANALGESIA; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANALGESICS, NON-NARCOTIC; ARTHROSCOPY; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; ENDOSCOPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, INTRA-ARTICULAR; INJECTIONS, INTRAVENOUS; KETOROLAC; KNEE JOINT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; TOLMETIN;

EID: 0031763918     PISSN: 00032409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2044.1998.00582.x     Document Type: Article

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