Preoperative high‐dose Steroids in Total Knee and Hip Arthroplasty – Protocols for three randomized controlled trials
Preoperative high‐dose Steroids in Total Knee and Hip Arthroplasty – Protocols for three randomized controlled trials
N. I. Nielsen,H. Kehlet,7 Authors,N. Foss
2020 · DOI: 10.1111/aas.13656
Acta Anaesthesiologica Scandinavica · 6 Citations
TLDR
Patients undergoing total knee arthroplasty/ total hip arthroPLasty still experience moderate‐severe postoperative pain despite optimized pain management regimes, and the patients already on opioid treatment and pain catastrophizers (PCs) have a higher risk of postoperativePain.
Abstract
Patients undergoing total knee arthroplasty (TKA)/ total hip arthroplasty (THA) still experience moderate‐severe postoperative pain despite optimized pain management regimes. The patients already on opioid treatment and pain catastrophizers (PCs) have a higher risk of postoperative pain.