Gabapentin Decreases Morphine Consumption and Improves Functional Recovery following Total Knee Arthroplasty
BACKGROUND: Moderate to severe pain after total knee arthroplasty often interferes with postoperative rehabilitation and delays discharge from hospital. The present study examined the effects of a four-day postoperative gabapentin (GBP) regimen versus placebo on opioid consumption, pain scores and k...
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| author | Hance Clarke Sara Pereira Deborah Kennedy Ian Gilron Joel Katz Jeffrey Gollish Joseph Kay |
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| description | BACKGROUND: Moderate to severe pain after total knee arthroplasty often interferes with postoperative rehabilitation and delays discharge from hospital. The present study examined the effects of a four-day postoperative gabapentin (GBP) regimen versus placebo on opioid consumption, pain scores and knee flexion, as well as adverse effects, after total knee arthroplasty. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-9a5a9ed5f7954fe8bebabdd70ddc772c2025-02-03T05:46:51ZengWileyPain Research and Management1203-67652009-01-0114321722210.1155/2009/930609Gabapentin Decreases Morphine Consumption and Improves Functional Recovery following Total Knee ArthroplastyHance Clarke0Sara Pereira1Deborah Kennedy2Ian Gilron3Joel Katz4Jeffrey Gollish5Joseph Kay6Department of Anesthesia and Pain Management, Toronto General Hospital, Toronto, CanadaHolland Orthopedic and Arthritic Centre, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Toronto, CanadaHolland Orthopedic and Arthritic Centre, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Toronto, CanadaDepartments of Anesthesiology and Pharmacology & Toxicology, Queen’s University, Kingston, CanadaDepartment of Anesthesia and Pain Management, Toronto General Hospital, Toronto, CanadaHolland Orthopedic and Arthritic Centre, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Toronto, CanadaHolland Orthopedic and Arthritic Centre, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Toronto, CanadaBACKGROUND: Moderate to severe pain after total knee arthroplasty often interferes with postoperative rehabilitation and delays discharge from hospital. The present study examined the effects of a four-day postoperative gabapentin (GBP) regimen versus placebo on opioid consumption, pain scores and knee flexion, as well as adverse effects, after total knee arthroplasty.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2009/930609 |
| spellingShingle | Hance Clarke Sara Pereira Deborah Kennedy Ian Gilron Joel Katz Jeffrey Gollish Joseph Kay Gabapentin Decreases Morphine Consumption and Improves Functional Recovery following Total Knee Arthroplasty Pain Research and Management |
| title | Gabapentin Decreases Morphine Consumption and Improves Functional Recovery following Total Knee Arthroplasty |
| title_full | Gabapentin Decreases Morphine Consumption and Improves Functional Recovery following Total Knee Arthroplasty |
| title_fullStr | Gabapentin Decreases Morphine Consumption and Improves Functional Recovery following Total Knee Arthroplasty |
| title_full_unstemmed | Gabapentin Decreases Morphine Consumption and Improves Functional Recovery following Total Knee Arthroplasty |
| title_short | Gabapentin Decreases Morphine Consumption and Improves Functional Recovery following Total Knee Arthroplasty |
| title_sort | gabapentin decreases morphine consumption and improves functional recovery following total knee arthroplasty |
| url | http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2009/930609 |
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