Grit and postoperative opioid use after total joint arthroplasty.

Andrew J ErnstAvery M BriggsRebecca Spooner George C BalazsAshton H Goldman

Published in: Hip international : the journal of clinical and experimental research on hip pathology and therapy (2023)

There is not an apparent association between grit score and postoperative opioid consumption in the first 2 weeks after total joint arthroplasty. General psychological resiliency may not be an important predictor of postoperative opioid use with modern postoperative protocols.

Keyphrases

patients undergoing
magnetic resonance imaging
chronic pain
computed tomography
gestational age