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- Title
Efficacy of intraarticular application of ketamine or ketamine-levobupivacaine combination on post-operative pain after arthroscopic meniscectomy.
- Authors
Isik, Cengiz; Demirhan, Abdullah; Yetis, Tevfik; Oktem, Korgun; Sarman, Hakan; Tekelioglu, Umit Yasar; Duran, Turan
- Abstract
<bold>Purpose: </bold>To evaluate the efficacy of intraarticular injection of ketamine or ketamine plus levobupivacaine on post-operative analgesia in patients undergoing arthroscopic meniscectomy. <bold>Methods: </bold>A prospective, randomized, double-blind study was performed on 60 patients aged 18-65 years who planned to undergo elective arthroscopic meniscectomy. The patients were divided into three groups: the ketamine group (n = 20) received 1.0 mg/kg of intraarticular ketamine in 20 ml of normal saline, the ketamine-levobupivacaine group (n = 20) received 0.5 mg/kg of intraarticular ketamine plus 50.0 mg of 0.25 % levobupivacaine in 20 ml of normal saline, and the control group (n = 20) received 20 ml of intraarticular normal saline. A visual analogue scale (VAS) was used to determine the efficacy of analgesia at 1, 2, 4, 6, 8, 12, and 24 h post-operatively. <bold>Results: </bold>There were statistically significant differences in the median VAS scores among the three groups according to Bonferroni adjustment at all time points (p < 0.01), with the exception of 6 and 24 h post-operatively. The median VAS scores at 1, 2, and 4 h post-operatively were higher in the control group than in the two treatment groups (p < 0.001). The median VAS scores in the control group at 1, 2, 4, 6, 8, and 12 h post-operatively and those in the ketamine group at 4, 8, and 12 h post-operatively were significantly higher than those in the ketamine-levobupivacaine group (p < 0.05). <bold>Conclusion: </bold>Intraarticular ketamine provides effective post-operative analgesia. Addition of intraarticular levobupivacaine to ketamine may provide better amelioration of pain after outpatient arthroscopic meniscectomy.
- Subjects
KNEE surgery; MENISCUS surgery; ARTHROSCOPY; COMBINATION drug therapy; COMPARATIVE studies; INTRA-articular injections; KETAMINE; LONGITUDINAL method; RESEARCH methodology; MEDICAL cooperation; POSTOPERATIVE pain; RESEARCH; EVALUATION research; PAIN measurement; RANDOMIZED controlled trials; BLIND experiment; BUPIVACAINE
- Publication
Knee Surgery, Sports Traumatology, Arthroscopy, 2015, Vol 23, Issue 9, p2721
- ISSN
0942-2056
- Publication type
journal article
- DOI
10.1007/s00167-014-2962-0