Factors Associated With Increased Opioid Prescriptions Following Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction in Opioid-Naive Patients.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

To identify the mean morphine milligram equivalent (MME) opioid prescriptions for opioid-naïve patients undergoing isolated anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction (ACLR) between 4 weeks before surgery and the first 90 days after surgery and to describe opioid prescriptions filled per patient and mean MMEs per year within 90 days following ACLR.

Methods

Exclusion criteria were patients having concurrent other cruciate or collateral ligament repair or reconstruction, meniscus procedures (repair and debridement), any cartilage procedure, lower-extremity osteotomy, or knee procedures for fracture, infection, or neoplasms; patients with substance use disorder or chronic pain also were excluded. Opioid use between 4 weeks before surgery and the first 90 days after surge

SUBMITTER: Yalcin S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10461142 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature