One-year opioid consumption trajectories among individuals receiving multidisciplinary postsurgical care: a single-center observational study from the Toronto General Hospital Transitional Pain Service.
M Gabrielle PagéJoel KatzRasheeda DarvilleGretchen GabrielKarim S LadhaAlexander HuangPraveen GantyRita KatznelsonDiana TamirJoseph FiorellinoMichael KahnLeeping TaoMaxwell SlepianJeffrey WieskopfHance A ClarkePublished in: Regional anesthesia and pain medicine (2024)
Results suggest that opioid consumption and pain intensity trajectories mostly decrease after surgery in a high-risk population enrolled in a TPS. Results also show heterogeneity in postsurgical recovery and highlight the importance of using personalized interventions to optimize individual trajectories.