Why are there so many different opinions of the use of Celebrex before and after surgery?

Celebrex is a
nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug (NSAID) like ibuprofen.  Although Celebrex is found to have no
platelet interaction, and would not put a patient at risk for bleeding,
surgeons would still advise to discontinue all kinds of NSAIDs before surgery
to be more on the safe side.  Celebrex
may be used for pain after the surgery, but you are still at risk for its other
side effects such as stomach ulcers and bleeding.

Almost every surgeon I know understands that Celebrex increases leading during and immediately after surgery. NSAID's like Celebrex should be stopped for at least 2 weeks before surgery and almost everyone accepts this. It is generally the amount of time after surgery that it should not be used that is not universally agreed upon. Some also suggest that you should abstain for 2 weeks as your doctor. Others, like myself, believe that you only need to be off it until all the open vessels have totally closed. This only takes several days. However, if there are drains or other complications, then the period of abstinence needs to be longer.