Does preoperative rofecoxib (Vioxx) decrease postoperative pain with laparoscopic cholecystectomy?

American Journal of Surgery

Volumn 188, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 271-276

  Horattas, Mark C ^a   Evans, Steve ^b   Sloan Stakleff, Kimberly D ^b   Lee, Christopher ^a   Snoke, Joseph W ^b  

^a NORTHEAST OHIO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b AKRON GENERAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Laparoscopic cholecystectomy; Pain; Preemptive analgesia; Rofecoxib; Vioxx

Indexed keywords

NARCOTIC ANALGESIC AGENT; ROFECOXIB;

ADULT; ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVALESCENCE; DEMOGRAPHY; DRUG USE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NAUSEA; POSTOPERATIVE ANALGESIA; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE TREATMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS, NON-STEROIDAL; CHOLECYSTECTOMY, LAPAROSCOPIC; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; HUMANS; LACTONES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SULFONES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 4644318697     PISSN: 00029610     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjsurg.2004.06.007     Document Type: Article

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