Satisfactory Pain Management With Minimal Opioid Use After Arthroscopic Rotator Cuff Repair.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

To evaluate patient use of opioids following arthroscopic rotator cuff repair, including the number of days and number of pills when used in combination with non-opioid medications and to determine whether patients were satisfied with their pain management and if variables such as age, sex, body mass index, duration of symptoms, anticipation of postoperative pain, preoperative opioid consumption, size of the rotator cuff tear, or anxiety/depression affected pain management.

Methods

This was a prospective cohort study of 117 prospectively enrolled patients older than the age of 18 years undergoing primary arthroscopic rotator cuff repair. All patients completed preoperative and 2-week postoperative questionnaires to assess their pain and satisfaction with pain managem

SUBMITTER: Garvey KD 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8689237 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature