Pain after laparoscopic cholecystectomy (LCC) is multifactorial. Effective post-operative pain control is necessary in LCC performed as day-case surgery. We studied the efficacy of paracetamol or valdecoxib with or without dexamethasone after LCC.
Department of Anaesthesiology, Intensive Care Medicine, Emergency Medicine and Pain Medicine, Helsinki University Hospital, Helsinki, Finland. elina.tiippana@hus.fi