• Ibrahim Turan, Anette Hein, Eva Jacobson, and Jan G Jakobsson.
• Karolinska Institutet, Institution for Physiology & Pharmacology, Department of Anaesthesia & Intensive Care, Foot & Ankle Surgical Centre, Stockholm, Sweden.
• J Orthop Surg Res. 2008 Jan 1;3:40.

BackgroundAnti-inflammatory drugs, NSAIDs, have become an important part of the pain management in day surgery. The aim of the present study was to evaluate the effect of Coxib premedication on the intra-operative anaesthetic requirements in patients undergoing elective ankle surgery in general anaesthesia.Type Of StudyProspective, randomized study of the intra-operative anaesthetic-sparing effects of etoricoxib premedication as compared to no NSAID preoperatively.MethodsThe intra-operative requirement of sevoflurane was studied in forty-four ASA 1-2 patients undergoing elective ankle day surgical in balanced general anaesthesia. Primary study endpoint was end-tidal sevoflurane concentration to maintain Cerebral State Index of 40-50 during surgery.ResultsAll anaesthesia and surgery was uneventful, no complications or adverse events were noticed. The mean end-tidal sevoflurane concentration intra-operatively was 1.25 (SD 0.2) and 0.91 (SD 0.2) for the pre and post-operative administered group of patients respectively (p < 0.0001). No other intra-operative differences could be noted. Emergence and recovery was rapid and no difference was noticed in time to discharge-eligible mean 52 minutes in both groups studied. In all 6 patients, 5 in the group receiving etoricoxib post-operatively, after surgery, and one in the pre-operative group required rescue analgesia before discharge from hospital. No difference was seen in pain or need for rescue analgesia, nausea or patients satisfaction during the first 24 postoperative hours.ConclusionCoxib premedication before elective day surgery has an anaesthetic sparing potential.

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