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VIDEO: Presenters say perioperative NSAIDs reduce pain, opioid use after ankle fracture surgery

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BOSTON — At the American Orthopaedic Foot & Ankle Society Annual Meeting, Steven Raikin, MD, and Brian Winters, MD, discussed a study that evaluated the effect of ketorolac, a perioperative NSAID, on opioid use and pain relief after ankle fracture surgery. They said ketorolac significantly reduced pain and opioid use after surgery.