Early perioperative versus postoperative meloxicam for pain control in patients undergoing orthopedic surgery: a systematic review and Meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials.

Abdelrahman Mahmoud Mohamed T Abuelazm Ali Ashraf Salah Ahmed Mahmoud Elshinawy Toka Ashour Mohamed Abugdida Basel Abdelazeem

Published in: Current medical research and opinion (2022)

Short-term pain management after orthopaedic procedures is better accomplished with perioperative meloxicam than postoperative meloxicam. Before recommending perioperative meloxicam for pain control following orthopaedic surgeries, further multicentre trials are still warranted to examine the impact of perioperative meloxicam in different orthopaedic procedures.

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