Figure 1.

(A) Analgesic treatment affects body weight during the postoperative period; inset, accumulated weight loss (area under the curve) during the early (days 0 to 2), intermediate (days 3 to 5) and late (days 6 to 9) postoperative periods. (B) Correlation between weight loss throughout the 10-d postoperative period and body weight at the time of implantation surgery. BUP, buprenorphine; MEL, meloxicam; *, P < 0.001 compared with the meloxicam group on the same day; †, P < 0.01 compared with preoperative values in the same group; ‡, P < 0.01 compared with preoperative values in the same group. Shaded area indicates analgesic treatment period.