New Persistent Opioid Use after Outpatient Ureteroscopy for Upper Tract Stone Treatment

To measure the incidence of persistent opioid use following ureteroscopy (URS). Over 100 Americans die every day from opioid overdose. Recent studies suggest that many opioid addictions surface after surgery.

Source: Urology - September 15, 2019 Category: Urology & Nephrology Authors: Christopher A. Tam, Casey A. Dauw, Khurshid R. Ghani, Vidhya Gunaseelan, Tae Kim, David A. Leavitt, Jeremy Raisky, Phyllis L. Yan, John M. Hollingsworth, for the Michigan Urological Surgery Improvement Collaborative Source Type: research