Patient and surgical factors affect postoperative opioid prescription for orthopaedic trauma patients undergoing single-admission, single-surgery fracture fixation: a retrospective cohort study

Conclusions: Opioid use and prescription for orthopaedic trauma patents following single-admission, single-surgery fracture fixation is strongly predicted by surgical and patient factors. Level of Evidence: Level III.
Source: Current Orthopaedic Practice - Category: Orthopaedics Tags: Special Focus: Trauma Source Type: research