Abstract
The authors undertook this meta-analysis to assess the efficacy and safety of nonsteroidal antiinflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) in addition to opioid analgesics on perioperative pain management in lumbar spine surgery. The authors searched MEDLINE, Excerpta Medica (EMBASE), The Cochrane Library, CINAHL, PsycINFO, Allied and Complementary Medicine (AMED), and Science Citation Index Expanded databases. In addition, they manually searched key journals and their references. They included randomized trials comparing the use of NSAIDs in addition to opioid analgesics versus opioid analgesics alone after posterior lumbar discectomy, laminectomy, or spinal fusion. Two independent reviewers performed an assessment of the quality of the methods. Seventeen studies comprising 400 patients who received NSAIDs in addition to opioid analgesics and 389 patients receiving opioid analgesics alone were included. Patients receiving NSAIDs in addition to opioid analgesics had lower pain scores and consumed fewer opioids than the group receiving opioid analgesics alone. There was no difference in the incidence of adverse effects. This meta-analysis provides evidence that the addition of NSAIDs to opioid analgesics in lumbar spine surgery provided better pain control than opioid analgesics alone.
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