Postoperative Opioid Receipt After Parotidectomy and Associations With Persistent Opioid Use Disorder.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To investigate the association between postoperative opioid receipt and the development of persistent opioid use disorder following parotidectomy.

Study design

Propensity-matched retrospective cohort study.

Setting

United States.

Methods

The TriNetX Research Network was queried for adult patients who underwent parotidectomy from 2010 to 2023. Patients with a history of opioid abuse/dependence or underwent surgery with anesthesia within 9 months postoperatively were excluded. The opioid cohort included patients that received hydrocodone, oxycodone, or codeine postoperatively, whereas the nonopioid cohort included patients that did not receive these opioids postoperatively. Cohorts were propensity score matched for patient demographics, psychiatric and

SUBMITTER: Park AC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12574618 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature