The effect of surgical pain severity, preoperative opioid use and patient characteristics on postoperative opioid prescriptions and refills in orthopedic surgery

ConclusionThe adoption of opioid prescription guidelines is warranted to differentiate between surgical severities and decrease the range and size of postoperative opioid prescriptions.
Source: European Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery and Traumatology - Category: Orthopaedics Source Type: research