Table 2.

Animal studies which showed no effect on bone healing with the use of NSAIDs.

Drug classification	NSAIDs	Duration	References
Acetic acid derivatives	Indomethacin		Elves et al (1982)[35]
			Sudmann et al (1982)[36]
			Boiskin et al (1988)[37]
			Mbugua et al (1989)[38]
			Keller et al (1990)[39]
			Brown et al (2004)[40]
	Ketorolac	Long duration	Mullis et al (2006)[41]
	Ketorolac	Short duration	Fracon et al (2010)[42]
	Diclofenac	Long duration	Tiseo et al (2006)[43]
Enolic acid derivatives	Meloxicam	Long duration	Van de Heide et al (2008)[44]
Propionic acid derivatives	Ibuprofen	Long duration	Tornkvist et al (1980)[45]
			Huo et al (1991)[46]
			Mullis et al (2006)[41]
	Ketoprophen	Long duration	Urrutia et al (2007)[47]
			Van de Heide et al (2008)[44]
Selective COX-2 inhibitors	Celecoxib	Long duration	Brown et al (2004)[40]
			Mullis et al (2006)[41]
	Rofecoxib	Long duration	Mullis et al (2006)[41]
			Tiseo et al (2006)[43]
			Hak et al (2011)[48]
	Etoricoxib	Short duration	Fracon et al (2010)[42]
Sulfonanilides	Nimesulide	Short duration	Teofilo et al (2011)[49]

COX-2 = cyclooxygenase-2.