Study characteristics |
Methods |
Randomized controlled trial |
Participants |
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Interventions |
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NSAID versus placebo
Ketorolac 30 mg IV or ketorolac 30 mg via Jackson‐Pratt drain at end of surgery and every 6 hours postoperatively
0.9% NaCL IV or Jackson‐Pratt drain at end of surgery and every 6 hours postoperatively
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Outcomes |
Postoperative pain intensity 18 hours after surgery: VAS 1.15 ± 1.25 versus 1.1 ± 1.4
Incidence rate or severity of PONV: 16 versus 14
Opioid use at 18 hours after surgery: 1.7 ± 3.1 mg versus 2.7 ± 3.9 mg morphine
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Notes |
No declaration of funding or conflicts of interest |
Risk of bias |
Bias |
Authors' judgement |
Support for judgement |
Random sequence generation (selection bias) |
Unclear risk |
No information provided |
Allocation concealment (selection bias) |
Unclear risk |
No information provided |
Blinding of participants and personnel (performance bias)
All outcomes |
Low risk |
Double‐blind |
Blinding of outcome assessment (detection bias)
All outcomes |
Unclear risk |
No information provided |
Incomplete outcome data (attrition bias)
All outcomes |
Low risk |
All randomized participants were analyzed |
Selective reporting (reporting bias) |
High risk |
No information available for trial registrations or protocols to determine if all reported outcomes were assessed |