Key result
Intraoperative ketamine reduced perioperative opiate consumption in opiate-dependent patients with chronic back pain undergoing back surgery.
Why the study?
Does intraoperative ketamine reduce perioperative opiate consumption in opiate-dependent patients with chronic back pain undergoing back surgery?
Does intraoperative ketamine reduce perioperative opiate consumption in opiate-dependent patients with chronic back pain undergoing back surgery?
Intraoperative ketamine may reduce perioperative opiate consumption in opiate-dependent patients undergoing back surgery.
May support ketamine to curb perioperative opioids in this group; hypothesis-generating and requires randomized confirmation.
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A 2011 study studied this question. Intraoperative ketamine reduced perioperative opiate consumption in opiate-dependent patients with chronic back pain undergoing back surgery.
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