[Postoperative nausea and vomiting prophylaxis after total hip and knee arthroplasty]

A study was made in two groups of those patients (n = 113) having undergone planned total coxofemoral and knee arthroplasty. 56.2 percent of patients in the control group experienced postoperative nausea and vomiting. The institution of standardized measures permitted reducing the incidence of postoperative nausea and vomiting down to 4%.