Postoperative Etoricoxib versus Ketoprofen Administration for Pain Management after Total Knee Arthroplasty: A Randomized, Double-Blind Controlled Study

Table 3

Morphine consumption—results of multiple comparisons Tukey’s test.

Tukey’s multiple comparisons test	Mean diff.	95% CI of diff.	Significant	Summary
Morphine consumption on the day of surgery
Etoricoxib versus ketoprofen	−7.8	−14 to −2.1	Yes		0.0044
Etoricoxib versus placebo	−13	−19 to −7.2	Yes		<0.0001
Placebo versus ketoprofen	5.1	−0.85 to 11	No	Ns	0.1090
Morphine consumption on the postoperative day 1
Etoricoxib versus ketoprofen	−9.8	−15 to –4.3	Yes		<0.0001
Etoricoxib versus placebo	−18	−23 to −13	Yes		<0.0001
Placebo versus ketoprofen	8.2	3.1 to 13	Yes		<0.0006