Orthopedic surgery		P value‡	Other surgery		P value‡
	Intravenous meloxicam (n=282)†	Placebo (n=96)		Intravenous meloxicam (n=255)	Placebo (n=87)
0‒24 hours	22.1±22.75	31.1±30.87	0.0032	13.3±22.14	14.6±21.23	0.4704
24‒48 hours**	11.7±18.67	15.7±23.92	0.0362	5.3±19.25	6.4±18.21	0.7216
48‒72 hours††	5.3±11.13	8.6±22.80	0.2178	3.1±20.09	4.3±21.07	0.3507
0‒48 hours	33.5±37.05	46.3±46.51	0.0032	18.4±36.96	20.9±37.13	0.5078
0‒72 hours	35.9±40.86	50.0±55.59	0.0037	20.2±48.88	23.5±51.84	0.5308
During treatment	36.8±42.69	50.3±47.7	0.0081	22.1±70.53	26.5±77.95	0.5734