Association of Intraoperative Ketorolac Administration with Pediatric Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction Outcomes: A Retrospective Cohort Study
Muaaz Wajahath, Ahmad Hassan, Amir Mahdi Ghafarian, Malik Al-Jamal, Abdul-Lateef Shafu, Haytham Al-Qasmi, Walid Yasir · 2026
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Description
Muaaz Wajahath and co-authors checked in 2026 how a pain drug given during surgery tracks with outcomes in children's knee ligament rebuilds. Ketorolac, a common anti-inflammatory, eases pain but its effect on healing is debated. Records from a national database gave 3,409 young patients, matched into 1,443 pairs with and without the drug. Outcomes were read at ninety days and two years.
The drug group used slightly fewer opioid prescriptions early. Wound and infection rates matched. Yet dependence diagnoses ran higher in the drug group, and repeat ligament surgery at two years more than doubled. Stiffness and mechanical troubles matched. The team flags the repeat-surgery gap for closer study before routine use.
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| CREATOR | Muaaz Wajahath, Ahmad Hassan, Amir Mahdi Ghafarian, Malik Al-Jamal, Abdul-Lateef Shafu, Haytham Al-Qasmi, Walid Yasir |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 35 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |