Greater Mental Health Burden is Associated With Poor Postoperative Pain Control and Increased Opioid Utilization Following Total Shoulder Arthroplasty.
Alexander J MacFarlaneBenjamin RitterJoshua UfferLin FengAlexa StreicherMohammad N HaiderThomas R DuquinPublished in: Journal of shoulder and elbow arthroplasty (2024)
A greater mental health burden is associated with worse postoperative pain control and higher opioid utilization during the acute postoperative period. This is especially evident in the pain catastrophizing and somatization domains.