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Association Between Low-Dose Ketamine After Periacetabular and/or Femoral Osteotomy and Postoperative Opioid Requirements.

Nicholas G GirardiSean MalinChristopher ZielenskiJessica H LeeKaleigh HenryMatthew J KraeutlerOmer Mei-Dan
Published in: Orthopaedic journal of sports medicine (2024)
Patients who received postoperative ketamine after PAO and/or DFO had a significant decrease in MME dose when compared with a control group of patients who did not receive ketamine. Surgeons should consider adding ketamine to their postoperative multimodal pain control protocol to decrease opioid consumption while adequately addressing postoperative pain.
Keyphrases
  • pain management
  • chronic pain
  • patients undergoing
  • postoperative pain
  • low dose
  • randomized controlled trial
  • total knee arthroplasty
  • quality improvement