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Efficacy of Adding Acetaminophen to Preemptive Multimodal Analgesia in Total Knee Arthroplasty

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March 2025

Efficacy of Adding Acetaminophen to Preemptive Multimodal Analgesia in Total Knee Arthroplasty

Vol: 307| Issue: 3| Number:91| ISSN#: 2564-2537
Study Type:Therapy
OE Level Evidence:1
Journal Level of Evidence:1

Efficacy of Adding Acetaminophen to Preemptive Multimodal Analgesia in Total Knee Arthroplasty: A Double-blinded Randomized Study.

Orthop Surg. 2023 Sep;15(9):2283-2290.

Contributing Authors:
Q Wang T Ma L Wang C Zhao P Kang

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Synopsis

Eighty patients with osteoarthritis undergoing primary unilateral total knee arthroplasty were randomized to receive either a combination of celecoxib, pregabalin, and acetaminophen (n=40) or celecoxib, pregabalin, and placebo (n=40) two hours prior to surgery. The primary outcome was total morphine consumption postoperatively. Secondary outcomes included time to initial rescue analgesia, pain sco...

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