Open Medicine (May 2015)

Ketamine in outpatient arthroscopic shoulder surgery: Effects on postoperative pain, hemodynamic stability and process times

  • Schotola Hanna,
  • Kirsch Karl-Christian,
  • Höcker Jan,
  • Egan Michael,
  • Büttner Benedikt,
  • Wiese Christoph,
  • Mansur Ashham,
  • Hinz José Maria,
  • Bergmann Ingo

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1515/med-2015-0043
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 10, no. 1

Abstract

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Background: Pain after arthroscopic shoulder surgery is often severe, and establishing a pain treatment regimen that does not delay discharge can be challenging. The reported ability of ketamine to prevent opioid-induced hyperalgesia has not been investigated in this particular setting.

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