Reduced Narcotic Utilization in Total Joint Arthroplasty Patients in an Urban Tertiary Care Center.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Opioid use after total joint arthroplasty must be balanced against the risks of opioid dependence and diversion. This study sought to define the baseline patient characteristics and discharge opioid use after the initiation of a preoperative and postoperative institutional opioid prescription protocol in a population with a high prevalence of opioid dependence and substance use.

Methods

Data on 1004 patients undergoing total joint arthroplasties from July 1, 2017, to June 30, 2019, were retrospectively reviewed. Demographics were collected, and data were grouped into high- and low-discharge opioid groups based on 1 standard deviation above or below the mean. Patient characteristics of the high and low groups were compared using one-way analysis of variance and Pea

SUBMITTER: Lentine B 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9619144 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature