Should Cannabinoids Be Added to Multimodal Pain Regimens After Total Hip and Knee Arthroplasty?
| Autor: | Ari Berg, Thomas R. Hickernell, Roshan P. Shah, Herbert J. Cooper, Jeffrey A. Geller, Akshay Lakra |
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| Rok vydání: | 2018 |
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Visual analogue scale Nausea medicine.medical_treatment Arthroplasty Replacement Hip Context (language use) Cohort Studies 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Clinical Protocols Statistical significance Medicine Humans Pain Management Orthopedics and Sports Medicine Dronabinol Arthroplasty Replacement Knee Physical Therapy Modalities Aged Pain Measurement Retrospective Studies Aged 80 and over Cannabinoid Receptor Agonists 030222 orthopedics Pain Postoperative Morphine business.industry Cannabinoids Length of Stay Middle Aged Arthroplasty Analgesics Opioid Regimen Patient Satisfaction Anesthesia Vomiting Female medicine.symptom business 030217 neurology & neurosurgery |
| Zdroj: | The Journal of arthroplasty. 33(12) |
| ISSN: | 1532-8406 |
| Popis: | Background This study investigated the effects of dronabinol on pain, nausea, and length of stay following total joint arthroplasty (TJA). Methods We retrospectively compared 81 consecutive primary TJA patients who received 5 mg of dronabinol twice daily in addition to a standard multimodal pain regimen with a matched cohort of 162 TJA patients who received only the standard regimen. A single surgeon performed all surgeries. Patient demographics, length of stay, opioid morphine equivalents (MEs) consumed, reports of nausea/vomiting, discharge destination, distance walked in physical therapy, and visual analog scale pain scores were collected for both groups. Student’s t-tests as well as chi-square or Mann-Whitney U-tests were used for statistical comparisons. Results There were no significant differences between the 2 groups for age, gender, body mass index, American Society of Anesthesiologists score, anesthesia type, visual analog scale scores, distance walked with physical therapy, discharge disposition, or episodes of nausea/vomiting. The mean length of stay in the dronabinol group was significantly shorter at 2.3 ± 0.9 days versus 3.0 ± 1.2 days in the control group (P = .02). In the context of a shorter stay, the dronabinol group consumed significantly fewer total MEs (252.5 ± 131.5 vs 313.3 ± 185.4 mg, P = .0088). Although the dronabinol group consumed fewer MEs per day and per length of stay on average, neither of these achieved statistical significance. No side effects of dronabinol were reported. Conclusion These findings suggest that further investigation into the role of cannabinoid medications for non-opioid pain control in the post-arthroplasty patient may hold merit. |
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