Ketorolac does not increase perioperative bleeding: A meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 133, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 741-755

  Gobble, Ryan M ^b   Hoang, Han L T ^b   Kachniarz, Bart ^b   Orgill, Dennis P ^a  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

KETOROLAC; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; META ANALYSIS; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC);

ADULT; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS, NON-STEROIDAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; KETOROLAC; MALE; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC;

EID: 84897745167     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.prs.0000438459.60474.b5     Document Type: Article

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