Comparing the Therapeutic Efficacy of Transdermal Patches of Ketoprofen with that of Fentanyl in Pain Control in Post-operative Patients Other than Spine Surgery: A Case Report

Abstract

Background: After surgery, many patients will not get recovered from the symptoms as soon because the therapeutic efficacy of drug in patient may differ. The current case report objective is to compare therapeutic efficacy of two patches that are ketoprofen and fentanyl in post-operative patients. Case Presentation:  We present a case report on extent of pain relief comparison with visual analog scale scores (VAS score) by studying ketoprofen transdermal patch and fentanyl transdermal patch to the patients after the post-operative surgery other than spine surgery. The subjects are divided into two groups which includes male and female gender and the treatment was continued up to three days.  Conclusion: After complete study, we concluded that the subjects group received ketoprofen therapy was found with highest VAS score when compared to that of fentanyl therapy and the complete reduction of pain was observed in three days. The statistical analysis was appeared as highly significant.