INTRA-ARTICULAR MORPHINE FOR PAIN RELIEF AFTER ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT REPAIR
- 1 January 1993
- journal article
- clinical trial
- Published by Elsevier in British Journal of Anaesthesia
- Vol. 70 (1) , 87-88
- https://doi.org/10.1093/bja/70.1.87
Abstract
We have performed a randomized, double-blind controlled study in patients undergoing elective anterior cruciate ligament repair, to assess the effect of intra-articular morphine on postoperative pain. The morphine group (n = 11) received morphine 5 mg in saline 25 ml and the control group (n = 9), saline 25 ml intra-articularly. Patients in the morphine group had significantly smaller pain scores throughout the 24-h postoperative period compared with those in the control group (P < 0.05). There was less requirement for supplementary analgesics in the morphine group.Keywords
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