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Postoperative pain control for outpatient oral surgery . 16 healthy patients requiring removal of bilateral symmetrically-impacted mandibular third molars participated in a double-blind randomised crossover trial to test the effectiveness of postoperative pain control using a long-acting anti-inflammatory agent ( diflunisal ) in combination with a long-acting local anaesthetic agent ( bupivacaine ) . Results were compared to the more traditional method of using an oral analgesic with shorter duration of action ( paracetamol with codeine ) with lignocaine as the local anaesthetic . Using a visual analogue pain scale , patients reported that significantly reduced pain was experienced over the first 4 days postoperatively with the diflunisal/bupivacaine treatment and patient preference for this treatment was highly significant . This report represents the first such study of diflunisal used for an extended course in oral surgery with pain assessment over the same period . No significant side-effects or adverse reactions were encountered .
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Intervention_Pharmacological
diflunisal
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Intervention_Pharmacological
( bupivacaine )
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Intervention_Pharmacological
( paracetamol with codeine )
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Intervention_Pharmacological
lignocaine
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Intervention_Pharmacological
diflunisal/bupivacaine treatment
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Intervention_Pharmacological
diflunisal
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Outcome_Pain
Postoperative pain control
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Outcome_Pain
effectiveness of postoperative pain control
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Outcome_Pain
visual analogue pain scale
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Outcome_Pain
pain
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Outcome_Pain
patient preference
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Outcome_Pain
pain
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Outcome_Adverse-effects
side-effects or adverse reactions
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Participant_Condition
oral surgery
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Participant_Sample-size
16
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Participant_Condition
healthy
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Participant_Condition
requiring removal of bilateral symmetrically-impacted mandibular third molars