Does celecoxib reduce narcotic use and pain following augmentation mammaplasty?
Perioperative celecoxib administration in patients undergoing augmentation mammaplasty significantly reduced postoperative narcotic use, pain, and nausea. Its use should facilitate the patient's ability to resume everyday activities following surgery.
Human umbilical cord, with its comparable diagnostic efficiency, could replace monkey tissues, with the advantages of saving both money and monkeys. Moreover, it seems the most suitable substrate in the follow-up, as it enables detection of non-compliant patients with persisting mucosal alterations.