Outpatient Opioid Prescribing Habits in Pediatric Patients With Bone Sarcomas After Undergoing Primary Tumor Resection

Conclusion: Multiple factors were associated with increased opioid use including preoperative opioid use, longer postoperative stay in the hospital, metastatic disease, and primary sarcomas in the pelvis. The patient’s sex, body mass index, race, type of insurance, type of surgery performed, reoperation during the same admission and use of nonopioid adjuvants had no effect on opioid use. The results of this study can be used to stratify the average opioid requirement of pediatric patients undergoing primary bone sarcoma resection. Level of Evidence: Level IV.
Source: Journal of Pediatric Orthopaedics - Category: Orthopaedics Tags: Tumor Source Type: research