Surgical procedures are key drivers of pain development and opioid utilization globally.
Various organizations have generated guidance on postoperative pain management …

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Importance Studies to date have not comprehensively examined pain experience after total
knee arthroplasty (TKA). Discrete patterns of pain in this period might be associated with …

Background In the United States, since 2016, at least 28 of 50 state legislatures have
passed laws regarding mandatory prescribing limits for opioid medications. One of the …

Introduction. Multiple studies have demonstrated that patients taking opioids in the
preoperative period are at elevated risk for complications following total hip (THA) and knee …

Background Long-term opioid use, which may have significant individual and societal
impacts, has been documented in up to 20% of patients after trauma or orthopaedic surgery …

Opioids are commonly used for acute pain. Nonetheless, their associated risks have
resulted in substantial increases in morbidity and mortality. The United States has …

Background Opioid use is prevalent in the general population. This systematic review and
meta-analysis sought to evaluate whether it affects patient-reported outcomes (PROs) …

Background While the risk of long-term dependence following the opioid treatment of
musculoskeletal injury is often studied in younger populations, studies in older patients have …

Methods: We evaluated 97 consecutive opioid-naive patients undergoing primary total knee
arthroplasty (TKA) and total hip arthroplasty (THA) using a standardized opioid prescription …