ReviewFrontiers in surgery2020
The Surgeon's Role in the Opioid Crisis: A Narrative Review and Call to Action.
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- Opioid Prescription Patterns Following Zone II Flexor Tendon Repairs: A National Database Study.Journal of hand surgery global online · 2026Article
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- The long-term impacts of opioid use before and after joint arthroplasty: matched cohort analysis of New Zealand linked register data.Family practice · 2024Article
- The Incidence and Risk Factors of Persis tent Opioid Use After Surgery—A Retrospective Secondary Data Analysis.Deutsches Arzteblatt international · 2024Article
- Low-dose ketamine infusions for chronic pain management: Does this qualify as evidence-based practice?British journal of pain · 2023Article
- Predictors of persistent postoperative opioid use following colectomy: a population-based cohort study from England.Anaesthesia · 2023Article
- A prospective feasibility study evaluating the 5x-multiplier to standardize discharge prescriptions in cancer surgery patients.Surgery open science · 2022Article
- Persistent post-operative opioid use following hip arthroscopy is common and is associated with pre-operative opioid use and age.Knee surgery, sports traumatology, arthroscopy : official journal of the ESSKA · 2021Article
- Recovery from minimally invasive vs. open surgery in kidney cancer patients: Opioid use and workplace absenteeism.Investigative and clinical urology · 2021Article
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- Perceptions of opioid use and prescribing habits in oncologic surgery: A survey of the society of surgical oncology membership.Journal of surgical oncology · 2020Article
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Abstract
Over the past two decades, there has been a sharp rise in the use of prescription opioids. In several countries, most notably the United States, opioid-related harm has been deemed a public health crisis. As surgeons are among the most prolific prescribers of opioids, growing attention is now being paid to the role that opioids play in surgical care. While opioids may sometimes be necessary to provide patients with adequate relief from acute pain after major surgery, the impact of opioids on the quality and safety of surgical care calls for greater scrutiny. This narrative review summarizes the available evidence on rates of persistent postsurgical opioid use and highlights the need to target known risk factors for persistent postoperative use before patients present for surgery. We draw attention to the mounting evidence that preoperative opioid exposure places patients at risk of persistent postoperative use, while also contributing to an increased risk of several other adverse clinical outcomes. By discussing the prevalence of excess opioid prescribing following surgery and highlighting significant variations in prescribing practices between countries, we note that there is a pressing need to optimize postoperative prescribing practices. Guided by the available evidence, we call for specific actions to be taken to address important research gaps and alleviate the harms associated with opioid use among surgical patients.
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