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
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