The effect of pre-operative high doses of methylprednisolone on pain management and convalescence after total hip replacement in elderly: a double-blind randomized study.

Artur GądekHenryk LiszkaMałgorzata Zając

Published in: International orthopaedics (2020)

A single dose of methylprednisolone significantly reduces the level of post-operative pain at rest on the day of THA in the group patients above 65 years of age, decreases the dose of opioid analgesic agents, and significantly decreases the level of inflammatory markers, without infectious processes.

Keyphrases

pain management
chronic pain
total hip
end stage renal disease
total knee arthroplasty
newly diagnosed
high dose
ejection fraction
neuropathic pain
chronic kidney disease
patient reported outcomes
low dose
spinal cord
spinal cord injury
patient reported