The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery (American). 2005;87:1883-1884.
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The Effect of Intra-Articular Methadone on Postoperative Pain Following Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction

Hasan Hilmi Muratli, MD, Serife Nursel Muratli, MD, Ali Bicimoglu, MD and Nermin Gogus, MD

Corresponding author:
Hasan Hilmi Muratli, MD
Ankara Numune Training and
Research Hospital
Karakusunlar Mah. 30. Cadde. No. 28 D-10
Gorkem Sitesi, Balgat,
Ankara, Turkey 06530
hasanmuratli@yahoo.com

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The Effect of Intra-Articular Methadone on Postoperative Pain Following Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction

Hasan Hilmi Muratli, MD, Serife Nursel Muratli, MD, Ali Bicimoglu, MD and Nermin Gogus, MD

Corresponding author:
Hasan Hilmi Muratli, MD
Ankara Numune Training and
Research Hospital
Karakusunlar Mah. 30. Cadde. No. 28 D-10
Gorkem Sitesi, Balgat,
Ankara, Turkey 06530
hasanmuratli@yahoo.com

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To The Editor:

We wish to congratulate Stewart et al. for their article, "The Effect of Intra-Articular Methadone on Postoperative Pain Following Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction" (2005;87:140-4), as it showed that intra-articular methadone in certain doses can be used safely in the knee.

The authors stated that it is known that intra-articular narcotics have proven efficacy for providing pain relief following knee arthroscopy, but this effect is short-lived. They hypothesized that methadone, with its long serum half-life, could provide improved and prolonged pain relief in arthroscopic reconstructions of the anterior cruciate ligament, but they found that methadone does not provide improved postoperative analgesia.

Our . . . [Full Text of this Article]

Edward W. Lambert, DO, Raymond J. Hood, CRNA, MS and Daniel V. Unger, MD

Corresponding author:
Edward W. Lambert, DO
Bone and Joint Sports Medicine Institute
Naval Medical Center
620 John Paul Jones Circle
Portsmouth, VA 23708
lamberte@hss.edu


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