Perioperative opioid prescribing and iatrogenic opioid use disorder and overdose: a state-of-the-art narrative review.
Daniel B LarachJennifer F WaljeeMark C BicketChad M BrummettStephen BruehlPublished in: Regional anesthesia and pain medicine (2023)
Retrospective data suggest an incidence of new postoperative OUD and overdose of up to 0.8% during the first year after surgery, but prospective studies are lacking.