Postoperative studies
Data in this section are available from studies that assessed postoperative analgesia versuspostoperative placebo, as well as those that assessed postoperative analgesia versus the same analgesia given pre-operatively or intra-operatively.
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Studies of ketamine in a variety of surgeries, including abdominal, gynaecological, orthopaedic, gastric, hepatic, and genitourinary surgery, showed a reduction in postoperative pain or opioid use when used as an adjunct to morphine (
Low-dose ketamine was associated with few and mild adverse effects, especially when administered in conjunction with general anaesthesia (
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