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Knee Replacement
Pregabalin Decreases Pain, Expedites Movement in Knee Replacement Patients
October 8th, 2007
The drug pregabalin, administered before and after knee replacement surgery, significantly decreased patient pain while increasing and expediting mobility after surgery, according to a new study. Total knee replacement (TKR) is one of the most prevalent and painful orthopedic surgical procedures. With an increasing aging population, the number of knee replacements performed in the United States increased by 69 percent from 1997 to 2005, with an estimated 314,000 TKR procedures expected to be done each year in the United States by 2010. While extremely successful in ultimately ending or minimizing knee pain and disability, the procedure can result in postoperative knee...
Source: Biotech Business Week (2007-10-08)
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