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Evaluation of Oral Robenacoxib for the Treatment of Postoperative Pain and Inflammation in Cats: Results of a Randomized Clinical Trial

Table 1

Primary efficacy variable: number of cats (percentages) receiving additional analgesia (rescued, treatment failure) according to the surgical method used for onychectomy.
TreatmentSurgery typeFailure (rescued)Success (not rescued)
Guillotine-type nail trimmer9 (13.0%)60 (87.0%)
RobenacoxibLaser scalpel10 (16.7%)50 (83.3%)
Surgical8 (22.9%)27 (77.1%)
Total27 (16.5%)137 (83.5%)
Guillotine-type nail trimmer20 (62.5%)12 (37.5%)
PlaceboLaser scalpel9 (30.0%)21 (70.0%)
Surgical8 (44.4%)10 (55.6%)
Total37 (46.3%)43 (53.7%)