Open AccessPreincisional administration of intravenous or subcutaneous infiltration of low-dose ketamine suppresses postoperative pain after appendectomy
Author(s) -
Mohammadreza Safavi,
Azim Honarmand
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
journal of pain research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.888
H-Index - 49
ISSN - 1178-7090
DOI - 10.2147/jpr.s26476
Subject(s) - medicine , visual analogue scale , ketamine , anesthesia , analgesic , saline , infiltration (hvac) , subcutaneous injection , morphine , group b , surgery , physics , thermodynamics
Ketamine, an N-methyl-D-aspartate receptor antagonist, can suppress hyperalgesia and allodynia. The purpose of the present study was to evaluate the clinical efficacy of preincisional intravenous or subcutaneous infiltration of ketamine for postoperative pain relief after appendectomy.
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