Sufentanil sublingual tablet system for enhanced recovery after total knee arthroplasty: a prospective observational case study

ABSTRACT:

Background

Postoperative pain is one of the main factors that delays recovery after prosthetic knee surgery. The use of sufentanil sublingual tablet systems (SSTS) can effectively relieve postoperative pain, but their value in facilitating early mobilization has been little studied so far. Our aim here was to assess whether their use could facilitate recovery after knee arthroplasty in an enhanced recovery program.

Case presentation

In a prospective observational single-center study, thirty patients operated on for primary knee arthroplasty in the enhanced recovery pathway were included. Patients who received the SSTS (n=15) were compared with those who received an intravenous morphine patient-controlled analgesia (PCA) (n=15). Our recovery program included in particular

SUBMITTER: Rineau E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9531461 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature