ArticleArthroplasty today2022
Use of Cannabis Does Not Decrease Opioid Consumption in Patients Who Underwent Total Joint Arthroplasty.
Article in Arthroplasty today, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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6 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- The role of cannabis on total hip and knee surgeries outcomes: a systematic review and meta-analysis.International orthopaedics · 2025Pooled it
- Association between history of cannabis use and outcomes after total hip or knee arthroplasty: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Frontiers in public health · 2024Pooled it
- Do Medical and Recreational Marijuana State Laws Impact Trends in Postoperative Opioid Prescriptions Among Patients Who Have Undergone TJA?Clinical orthopaedics and related research · 2025Article
- Preoperative Cannabis Use Did Not Increase Opioid Utilization After Primary Total Knee Arthroplasty in a Propensity Score-Matched Model.HSS journal : the musculoskeletal journal of Hospital for Special Surgery · 2024Article
- Preoperative cannabis use does not increase opioid utilization following primary total hip arthroplasty in a propensity matched analysis.Archives of orthopaedic and trauma surgery · 2023Article
- Cannabis Use Among Lower-Extremity Arthroplasty Patients Does Not Lead to Worse Postoperative Outcomes.Cureus · 2022Article
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Abstract
Background: The primary purpose of this study was to determine if cannabis use decreases narcotic consumption in patients undergoing total joint arthroplasty (TJA). Material and methods: Forty-six patients undergoing a primary unilateral TJA, who self-reported the use of cannabis, were prospectively enrolled and completed this study between July 2015 and November 2019. This cohort was prospectively matched to patients who did not report cannabis use. Morphine equivalents (MEs) were averaged and recorded at 1 and 2 weeks postoperatively. Secondary outcomes and complications were recorded and reported. Results: There were no differences noted in ME during the hospitalization between the user (78.7 ± 58.5) and nonusers (70.4 ± 46.3), Conclusion: We were unable to show a decrease in narcotic consumption in patients who use cannabis undergoing primary unilateral joint replacement. These findings do not support the routine use of cannabis to decrease or supplement narcotic use after primary TJA. Level of evidence: Level II therapeutic.
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