The Influence of Ibuprofen on the Healing of Nonsurgically Treated Colles' Fractures

Nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs can delay bone healing. This knowledge is mainly derived from retrospective and animal studies. The authors therefore conducted a human study to investigate whether ibuprofen affects radiological, functional, densitometrical, and biochemical outcomes following a Colles' fracture, as well as the analgesic effect of ibuprofen. This was a single-center, triple-blinded, randomized, placebo-controlled clinical trial with a total of 96 patients. All of the patients received basic treatment with 1000 mg of acetaminophen 4 times daily. The placebo group received a placebo for 7 days. The 3-day ibuprofen group received 600 mg of ibuprofen 3 times daily for the first 3 days and a placebo for the following 4 days. The 7-day ibuprofen group received ibuprofen 3 times daily for 7 days. The primary outcome was the fragment migration for a period of 5 weeks. The secondary outcomes were changes in the wrist's range of motion; Disabilities of the Arm, Shoulder and Hand score; bone mineral density of the injured wrist; changes in serum CrossLaps (Roche Diagnostics) and osteocalcin; and analgesic effects. Analyses were performed according to an intention-to-treat approach. No significant differences in radiological migration or functional, densitometrical, and biochemical effects were established among the treatment groups (.06≤P≤.9). During the first 3 days, the pain score was lower (P=.02) in the ibuprofen groups than in the placebo group. The findings of this study offer an indication for ibuprofen as a bone-safe analgesic treatment after Colles' fracture and may be translated into other fields of cancellous bone fracture treatment. [Orthopedics. 2021;44(2):105-110.].

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2021

Erschienen:

2021

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:44

Enthalten in:

Orthopedics - 44(2021), 2 vom: 25. März, Seite 105-110

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Aliuskevicius, Marius [VerfasserIn]
Østgaard, Svend E [VerfasserIn]
Vestergaard, Peter [VerfasserIn]
Rasmussen, Sten [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

104982-03-8
Anti-Inflammatory Agents, Non-Steroidal
Ibuprofen
Journal Article
Osteocalcin
Randomized Controlled Trial
WK2XYI10QM

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Date Completed 08.07.2021

Date Revised 08.07.2021

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.3928/01477447-20201216-04

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM319376125