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New Persistent Opioid Use and Associated Risk Factors Following Treatment of Ankle Fractures

  • The rate of new persistent opioid use among patients who underwent one of four open treatments for an ankle fracture was 8.8%, compared with 6.8% among patients who underwent closed treatment.
  • New persistent opioid use was not directly linked to injury severity.
  • Limiting the peritreatment opioid dose was the largest modifiable risk factor related to new persistent opioid use.


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Gossett TD, Finney FT, Hu HM, et al. New Persistent Opioid Use and Associated Risk Factors Following Treatment of Ankle Fractures. Foot Ankle Int. 2019;40(9):1043-1051. doi:10.1177/1071100719851117