Economic Burden and Clinical Impact of Opioid Dependence in Patients Undergoing Lower Extremity Bypass Surgery: Quantifying the Cost of a New Epidemic

This study aimed to quantify the economic impact of pre-existing opioid dependency in patients undergoing lower extremity bypass surgery.

Source: Journal of Vascular Surgery - February 21, 2019 Category: Surgery Authors: Matthew Aizpuru, Kevin X. Farley, Lindsay K. Gallo, Eric R. Wagner, William D. Jordan, Jaime Benarroch-Gampel, Robert S. Crawford Tags: Abstract from the 2019 Society for Clinical Vascular Surgery Annual Symposium Source Type: research