Opioid Prescriptions After Pediatric Orthopedic Surgery: Analyzing Rates of Unfilled Prescriptions

Conclusions: This study identified a subset of pediatric orthopaedic surgery patients who were prescribed opioids upon discharge but did not fill those prescriptions. Factors that increased the likelihood that patients did not fill their prescriptions upon discharge included fewer postoperative hospital course opioids, no oral oxycodone, and surgery on the upper extremity. Future studies must be performed to help decrease the number of opioids prescribed unnecessarily. Level of Evidence: Level III—prognostic cohort study.
Source: Journal of Pediatric Orthopaedics - Category: Orthopaedics Tags: Selected Topics Source Type: research