Preoperative oral rofecoxib does not decrease postoperative pain or morphine consumption in patients after radical prostatectomy: A prospective, randomized, double-blinded, placebo-controlled trial

Journal of Clinical Anesthesia

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 94-97

  Huang, Jeffrey Jianhong ^a,c   Taguchi, Akiko ^a   Hsu, Hawpeng ^a,b   Andriole Jr , Gerald L ^a,b   Kurz, Andrea ^a,b  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Department of Anesthesiology ^*

^c LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

COX II inhibitors; Postoperative pain; Prostatectomy; Rofecoxib

Indexed keywords

MORPHINE; PLACEBO; ROFECOXIB;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; HUMAN; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE ANALGESIA; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATECTOMY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

AGED; ANALGESIA, PATIENT-CONTROLLED; ANALGESICS, OPIOID; CYCLOOXYGENASE 2; CYCLOOXYGENASE 2 INHIBITORS; CYCLOOXYGENASE INHIBITORS; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; HUMANS; ISOENZYMES; LACTONES; MALE; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MIDDLE AGED; MORPHINE; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PROSTAGLANDIN-ENDOPEROXIDE SYNTHASES; PROSTATECTOMY; SULFONES;

EID: 0035041892     PISSN: 09528180     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0952-8180(01)00219-7     Document Type: Article

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