Opioid Prescription Refills After Osteochondral Procedures of the Knee

(1) To assess the incidence of postoperative opioid prescription refills in patients undergoing osteochondral autograft transplant (OAT) and osteochondral allograft transplant (OCA) procedures of the knee; (2) to evaluate the effect of filling preoperative opioid prescriptions on the incidence of postoperative filling; and (3) to assess the impact of age, sex, and diagnosis of low-back pain on postoperative opioid prescription filling.

Source: Arthroscopy - Journal of Arthroscopic and Related Surgery - June 1, 2019 Category: Surgery Authors: David E. DeMik, Edward O. Rojas, Chris A. Anthony, Nicholas A. Bedard, Spencer Blake Dowdle, Matthew Bollier, Brian R. Wolf, Robert W. Westermann Source Type: research