Opioid dispensing in relation to arthroscopic knee surgery in Denmark from 2006 to 2018

CONCLUSION: About 7% of patients had an opioid dispensed within the first seven days after discharge following arthroscopic knee surgery. The incidence of opioids dispensed increased for all investigated procedures from 2006 to 2018. In the same period, the average amount of opioids dispensed within the first seven days after discharge decreased.FUNDING: None.TRIAL REGISTRATION: Not relevant.PMID:37622647

Source: Danish Medical Journal - August 25, 2023 Category: General Medicine Authors: Jonas Bloch Thorlund Matilde Lundberg Jindong Ding Petersen Martin Englund Bjarke Viberg Frans Boch Waldorff Jens S øndergaard Source Type: research