Opioid use after ankle fracture surgery: current trends in the United States
Conclusions:
The percentage of patients utilizing opioid prescriptions after ankle fracture surgery is much lower than expected, suggesting that routine prescriptions given after ankle fracture surgery and other smaller orthopaedic procedures are not likely to be contributing to the epidemic.
Source: Current Orthopaedic Practice - Category: Orthopaedics Tags: Original Research Source Type: research
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