The proportion of patients using concomitant NSAID medication after 3 days was reduced by 50% in the mepivacaine group and by 76% and 100%, respectively, in the dexamethasone-21-palmitate and ...

In the group that received mepivacaine only, the mean compression pain score decreased by 63% (3.35 1.26). Even greater reductions were observed for mean stress and rest pain scores, which ...