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Efficacy Of Wound Infiltration With Lornoxicam For Postoperative Analgesiafollowing Thyroidectomy: A Prospective, Randomized, Double-Blind Study, Zafer Kilbaş, Mustafa Öner Menteş, Ali̇ Harlak, Taner Yi̇ği̇t, Sali̇h Müjdat Balkan, Ahmet Coşar, Erkan Öztürk, Orhan Kozak, Cemi̇l Turgut Tufan

Turkish Journal of Medical Sciences

Background/aim: Postoperative pain control constitutes a major problem and studies have focused on reducing opioid requirements using regional techniques. We aimed to investigate the efficacy of wound infiltration with lornoxicam on postoperative pain control following thyroidectomy. Materials and methods: In this prospective, randomized-controlled study, 80 patients scheduled for thyroidectomy were randomly assigned to 2 groups. After the thyroidectomy was performed, patients in group I underwent wound infiltration with 4 mg of lornoxicam and patients in group II received the same amount of saline. Rescue analgesia was provided with additional doses of lornoxicam delivered by an on-demand patient-controlled analgesia device. Total …