ArticleFoot & ankle orthopaedics2019
Patterns in Opioid Prescription for Patients Operatively Treated for Ankle Fractures Following Implementation of 2017 Ohio Opioid Prescriber Law.
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- Attitudes and Practices Surrounding Opioid Prescriptions following Open Reduction Internal Fixation of Distal Radius and Ankle Fractures: A Survey of the Canadian Orthopaedic Association Membership.Advances in orthopedics · 2023Article
- A Work in Progress: National Opioid Prescription Reductions Across Orthopaedic Subspecialties in a Contemporary Medicare Sample of 5,026,911 Claims.Journal of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons. Global research & reviews · 2021Article
- Effect of Opioid Limiting Legislation on Postoperative Opioid Utilization in Patients Treated for Ankle Fractures.Foot & ankle orthopaedics · 2020Article
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Abstract
backgroundThe purpose of this study was to report patterns of opioid prescription for patients treated operatively for ankle fractures after implementation of the 2017 Ohio Opioid Prescriber Law in comparison to the previous year.
methodsA total of 144 patients operatively treated for isolated ankle fractures during two 6-month periods, January 2017 to July 2017 (pre-law) and January 2018 to July 2018 (post-law), were retrospectively identified. Preoperative and postoperative patient narcotic use was reviewed using a legal prescriber database. Total number of prescriptions, quantity of pills, and morphine milligram equivalents (MMEs) per patient prescribed during the 90-day postoperative period were compared between those treated before and those treated after implementation of the Ohio prescriber law.
resultsThe average number of opioid prescriptions prescribed per patient in the 90-day postoperative period was 2.3 in the pre-law group and 2.1 in the post-law group (
conclusionFollowing the implementation of the 2017 Ohio Opioid Prescriber Law, there was a downward trend in the number of pills per prescription and MMEs per prescription in patients operatively treated for isolated ankle fractures. The presence of a downward trend in the quantity of opioids prescribed in this patient cohort suggests the effectiveness of the state law. LEVEL OF EVIDENCE: Level III, comparative study.
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