Pain Control after Total Knee Arthroplasty: Comparing Intra-Articular Local Anesthetic Injection with Femoral Nerve Block

Table 2

Comparison of use of NSAIDs between IALA and FNB group.

	IALA group ()	FNB group ()	value
Ketorolac 30 mg (i.v.) in PACU	9	15	0.81
Acetaminophen 500 mg QID in the ward	39	55	1.000
NSAIDs in the ward	18	54	<0.0001
Aceclofenac 100 mg BID	1	2
Acemetacin 90 mg QD	0	1
Acemetacin 90 mg BID	0	6
Celecoxib 200 mg QD	0	29
Celecoxib 200 mg BID	0	5
Diclofenac 25 mg TID	0	1
Diclofenac 25 mg QID	0	1
Etodolac 400 mg QD	0	2
Etoricoxib 120 mg QD	12	0
Mefenamic acid 250 mg QID	0	4
Naproxen 250 mg BID	0	1
Parecoxib 40 mg Q12 H	5	2

BID: twice daily; TID: thrice daily; QID: 4 times a day; Q12 H: every 12 hours.