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Manage pain before, during and after total knee arthroplasty using a multimodal approach to analgesia

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Total knee arthroplasty is often associated with acute pain after surgery, which frequently develops into chronic pain. Careful management of pain during and after surgery, including implementation of a multimodal analgesic strategy, may lead to less pain after surgery, faster functional recovery and a lower likelihood of chronic post-surgical pain.

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This article was adapted from Drugs & Aging 2014;31:2:83–91 [3]. The preparation of these articles was not supported by any external funding.

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    Adis Medical Writers. Manage pain before, during and after total knee arthroplasty using a multimodal approach to analgesia. Drugs Ther Perspect 30, 321–324 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40267-014-0138-0

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