Analgesics for pain after traumatic or orthopaedic surgery: What is the evidence-a systematic review

European Journal of Clinical Pharmacology

Volumn 62, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 971-988

  Montane E ^a,b   Vallano, A ^a,b   Aguilera, C ^a,b   Vidal, X ^a,b   Laporte, J R ^a,b  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARI VALL D HEBRON   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Analgesics; Orthopaedic surgery; Randomised clinical trials

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ANALGESIC AGENT; BROMFENAC; BUPRENORPHINE; CARBASALATE CALCIUM; CLONIDINE; CODEINE; DEXTROPROPOXYPHENE; DIFLUNISAL; DIPYRONE; DOLERON; IBUPROFEN; INDOMETACIN; ISOXEPAC; KETOROLAC; MORPHINE; MORPHINE SULFATE; NAPROXEN; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; OPIATE; OXYCODONE; PARACETAMOL; PIROXICAM; PROPACETAMOL; SALICYLIC ACID; STEROID; SUPROFEN; TENOXICAM; TRAMADOL; UNINDEXED DRUG; ZOMEPIRAC;

ANALGESIA; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED RELEASE FORMULATION; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; META ANALYSIS; MULTIPLE DRUG DOSE; NONHUMAN; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT;

ACETAMINOPHEN; ANALGESICS, NON-NARCOTIC; ANALGESICS, OPIOID; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS, NON-STEROIDAL; DIPYRONE; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; DRUG ADMINISTRATION ROUTES; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; ORTHOPEDIC PROCEDURES; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE;

EID: 33750443610     PISSN: 00316970     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00228-006-0185-0     Document Type: Review

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