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The Association of Postoperative Opioid Prescriptions with Patient Outcomes

  • Patients who were not prescribed opioids after surgery had similar clinical and patient-reported outcomes as patients who were prescribed opioids.
  • This suggests that minimizing opioids as part of routine postoperative care is unlikely to adversely affect patients.


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Howard, R; Brown, CS; Lai, YL; Gunaseelan, V; Chua, KP; Brummett, C; Englesbe, M; Waljee, J; Bicket, MC. The Association of Postoperative Opioid Prescriptions with Patient Outcomes. Annals of Surgery. Published online 4 June 2021. DOI: 10.1097/SLA.0000000000004965