2.4. Standart Analgesia Protocol
We have a standard perioperative and postoperative analgesia plan applied in our institute for arthroscopic knee surgeries. Our perioperative analgesia plan includes intravenous paracetamol 1 g and dexketoprofen 50 mg administrations at least 30 minutes before the end of surgery.
In the postoperative period, paracetamol 1 g continued every 8 hours. When the patients were taken to the recovery room, a patient control analgesia (PCA) device was connected. Our PCA procedure is basal infusion free, 10 mg bolus, and 20 minutes lock-out. Numeric rating scale (NRS) was used for pain monitoring of the patients. While NRS⩾4, fentanyl 25 mcg iv (in the recovery room) and diclofenac sodium 75 mg im (in service follow-up) were planned as rescue analgesics.