Reply to: Confounding factors on the analysis of opioid prescription after pediatric umbilical hernia repair

We thank Dr. Argo for his interest and for his thoughtful comments on our work.1 There is unquestionably a role for perioperative nonopioid analgesia in reducing the use of opioids after surgery. Although the amount of tissue disruption in pediatric umbilical hernias is generally minimal and local anesthetic and nonnarcotic oral analgesics are —in our experience—highly effective, more sophisticated techniques, such as regional nerve blocks, are increasingly being used in both pediatric and adult surgery.
Source: Surgery - Category: Surgery Authors: Tags: Letter to the Editor Source Type: research