The effect of surgical pain severity, preoperative opioid use and patient characteristics on postoperative opioid prescriptions and refills in orthopedic surgery.

Johnna JaynsteinAshley DonnellLori ChambersCyril MauffreyJoshua Alan Parry

Published in: European journal of orthopaedic surgery & traumatology : orthopedie traumatologie (2020)

The adoption of opioid prescription guidelines is warranted to differentiate between surgical severities and decrease the range and size of postoperative opioid prescriptions.

Keyphrases

chronic pain
pain management
patients undergoing
minimally invasive
coronary artery bypass
case report
electronic health record
neuropathic pain
coronary artery disease
spinal cord injury
surgical site infection
percutaneous coronary intervention