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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2021 Sep 1.
Published in final edited form as: Ann Thorac Surg. 2020 Apr 21;110(3):1030–1035. doi: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2020.02.081

Table 3.

Number of Patients Using Pain Medications

Pain Medication Before repair (n = 29) 1 month after repair (follow-up n = 29) 6 months after repair (follow-up n = 23)
NSAIDs 24 (83) 2 (7) 2 (9)
Neural modulators 14 (48) 2 (7) 3 (13)
Narcotics 8 (28) 0 0

Values are presented as n (%).

NSAID, nonsteroidal antiinflammatory drug.