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Systematic Reviews of Treatments for Postoperative Pain
Follow the links below to find systematic reviews of the evidence for the effectiveness of interventions for postoperative pain relief and pain management.
Created August 2009
56 Resources Found
| Title: | Single dose oral naproxen and naproxen sodium for acute postoperative pain in adults |
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| Publisher: | John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration |
| Description: | This review assessed evidence from 1509 participants in 15 randomised, double blind, placebo-controlled clinical trials of naproxen or naproxen sodium (a non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug) in adults with moderate to severe acute postoperative pain. A... |
| Date: | Sep 2011 |
| Title: | Single dose oral diclofenac for pain relief in adults experiencing moderate or severe pain following a surgical procedure |
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| Publisher: | John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration |
| Description: | Diclofenac is a non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug (NSAID) with pain relieving properties. It is used to treat many painful conditions, including acute postoperative pain. This review shows that single dose oral diclofenac provides effective pain reli... |
| Date: | Sep 2011 |
| Title: | Single dose oral paracetamol (acetaminophen) plus codeine for postoperative pain relief in adults |
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| Publisher: | John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration |
| Description: | Pain is commonly experienced after surgical procedures, and is not always well controlled. Combining analgesics from different classes has the potential to provide adequate pain relief with reduced dose-dependent adverse events. This review assessed dat... |
| Title: | Single dose oral ketoprofen and dexketoprofen for acute postoperative pain in adults |
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| Publisher: | John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration |
| Description: | A single dose of ketoprofen 25 mg to 100 mg provides a high level of pain relief to 60% to 70% of those with moderate or severe postoperative pain. It has similar efficacy to other commonly used analgesics at standard doses, including ibuprofen and napr... |
| Date: | Sep 2011 |
| Title: | Single dose oral meloxicam for acute postoperative pain in adults |
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| Publisher: | John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration |
| Description: | Pain is commonly experienced after surgical procedures. The condition is usually used to test whether or not drugs are effective painkillers in participants with moderate or severe pain. In this case we could find no studies that tested oral meloxicam a... |
| Date: | Sep 2011 |
| Title: | Single dose lornoxicam (trade names Xefo, Xafon, Lorcam, Acabel) for acute postoperative pain in adults |
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| Publisher: | John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration |
| Description: | Lornoxicam is a non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug (NSAID) that is used as a painkiller (analgesic). A high level of pain relief is experienced by about 45% of those with moderate to severe postoperative dental pain after a single dose of lornoxicam 8... |
| Date: | Sep 2011 |
| Title: | Single dose oral mefenamic acid for acute postoperative pain in adults |
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| Publisher: | John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration |
| Description: | Mefenamic acid is a non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug (NSAID) that is used as a painkiller (analgesic). Four studies involving a total of 842 participants were included in this review. Because fewer than 200 participants were treated with mefenamic a... |
| Date: | Sep 2011 |
| Title: | Parecoxib delivered intramuscularly or intravenously (injected in to the muscle or the vein) for acute postoperative pain in adults |
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| Publisher: | John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration |
| Description: | The most common route for administration of postoperative analgesia is by mouth, but some patients are unable to swallow, feel nauseated, or vomit in the immediate postoperative period, and in these patients intravenous or intramuscular administration m... |
| Date: | Sep 2011 |
| Title: | Single doses of intravenous formulations of paracetamol (acetaminophen) to reduce pain after surgery in adults and children |
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| Publisher: | John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration |
| Description: | Pain is commonly experienced after surgical procedures and multiple medications are routinely used to control it. This review assessed data from 36 studies of participants (3896 in total) experiencing moderate to severe pain after various operations. It... |
| Date: | Jul 2011 |
| Title: | The ligasure technique is superior in terms of patient tolerance, but long term risk of recurrence of hemorrhoids needs to be evaluated. |
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| Publisher: | John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration |
| Description: | Hemorrhoidectomy is a frequently performed surgical procedure. The excisional technique is regarded to be the first choice for grade III and IV or recurrent hemorrhoids. As conventional hemorrhoidectomy is associated with postprocedural pain, modificati... |
| Date: | Apr 2011 |
| Title: | Single dose oral fenoprofen for acute postoperative pain in adults |
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| Publisher: | John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration |
| Description: | Fenoprofen is a non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug (NSAID) that is used as a painkiller (analgesic). Five studies looking at a total of 696 participants were included. Because fewer than 200 participants were treated with any one dose of fenoprofen wi... |
| Date: | Dec 2010 |
| Title: | Single dose oral rofecoxib for acute postoperative pain in adults |
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| Publisher: | John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration |
| Description: | A high level of pain relief is experienced by about 60% of those with moderate to severe postoperative pain after a single dose of rofecoxib 50 mg, compared to about 10% with placebo. Based mainly on dental pain studies, one in every two participants tr... |
| Date: | Nov 2010 |
| Title: | Single dose oral nefopam for postoperative pain in adults |
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| Publisher: | John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration |
| Description: | Pain is commonly experienced after surgical procedures. Acute postoperative pain of moderate or severe intensity is often used (as a model) to test whether or not drugs are effective painkillers. In this case we could find no studies that tested oral ne... |
| Date: | Nov 2010 |
| Title: | Single-dose dipyrone for the treatment of acute postoperative pain |
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| Publisher: | John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration |
| Description: | Dipyrone is a popular medicine for pain relief in many countries and is used to treat postoperative pain, colic pain, cancer pain and migraine. Other countries (e.g. USA, UK, Japan) have banned its use because of an association with potentially life-thr... |
| Date: | Nov 2010 |
| Title: | Single dose oral diflunisal for acute postoperative pain in adults |
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| Publisher: | John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration |
| Description: | This review assessed evidence from nine randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled clinical trials, in which there were 906 adults in comparisons of diflunisal (a non-steroidal, anti-inflammatory drug) with placebo for treatment of moderate to severe ... |
| Date: | Nov 2010 |
| Title: | Single dose oral codeine, as a single agent, for acute postoperative pain in adults |
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| Publisher: | John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration |
| Description: | This review assessed evidence from 2411 adults with moderate to severe postoperative pain in studies comparing single doses of codeine 60 mg with placebo. The number of individuals achieving a clinically useful amount of pain relief (at least 50%) with ... |
| Date: | Nov 2010 |
| Title: | Single dose oral tiaprofenic acid for acute postoperative pain in adults |
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| Publisher: | John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration |
| Description: | Pain is commonly experienced after surgical procedures. The condition is usually used to test whether or not drugs are effective painkillers in participants with moderate or severe pain. In this case we could find no studies that tested oral tiaprofenic... |
| Date: | Nov 2010 |
| Title: | Single dose oral sulindac for acute postoperative pain in adults |
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| Publisher: | John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration |
| Description: | Pain is commonly experienced after surgical procedures. Postoperative pain is a good model to test whether or not drugs are effective painkillers in participants with moderate or severe pain. In this case we could find no studies that tested oral sulind... |
| Date: | Nov 2010 |
| Title: | Single dose oral fenbufen for acute postoperative pain in adults |
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| Publisher: | John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration |
| Description: | Pain is commonly experienced after surgical procedures. The condition is usually used to test whether or not drugs are effective painkillers in participants with moderate or severe pain. In this case we could find only a single small study that tested o... |
| Date: | Nov 2010 |
| Title: | Single dose oral nabumetone for postoperative pain in adults |
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| Publisher: | John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration |
| Description: | Pain is commonly experienced after surgical procedures. Post operative pain is a good model to test whether or not drugs are effective painkillers in participants with moderate or severe pain. In this case we could find no studies that tested oral nabum... |
| Date: | Nov 2010 |
