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Multimodal surgical site injection has no clinical benefit versus control in ankle fracture fixation

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January 2020

Multimodal surgical site injection has no clinical benefit versus control in ankle fracture fixation

Vol: 9| Issue: 1| Number:22| ISSN#: 2564-2537
Study Type:Therapy
OE Level Evidence:1
Journal Level of Evidence:1

Efficacy of Multimodal Analgesic Injections in Operatively Treated Ankle Fractures: A Randomized Controlled Trial

J Bone Joint Surg Am.2019;101(24):2194-2202.

Contributing Authors:
KJ Hancock OM Rice CA Anthony N Glass M Hogue M Karam JL Marsh MC Willey

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Patients undergoing fracture fixation are at risk for experiencing severe pain and requiring opioids. Given the ongoing opioid crisis, any intervention that can reduce the reliance in opioids is of interest. The authors of this study randomized 100 patients undergoing surgical management of isolated, closed ankle fractures to receive a multimodal surgical site injection or no injection (control). ...

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