Comparing Apotel and Remifentanil for Multimodal Patient-Controlled Analgesia in Postoperative Pain Management Following Total Knee Arthroplasty Surgery: A Randomized Controlled Trial.
Seyed Ali Golrokh MoghadamAmin TajerianBehnam MahmoudiehMohsen Parsi KhameneAlireza KamaliPublished in: Anesthesiology and pain medicine (2024)
Remifentanil demonstrates superior pain control in a multimodal pain management approach compared to Apotel, providing sustained pain reduction over 24 hours post-surgery. Moreover, remifentanil offers longer-lasting pain relief and results in lower cumulative narcotic painkiller consumption compared to Apotel.