Postoperative Narcotic Prescription Practice in Orthopedic Foot and Ankle Surgery:

Foot & Ankle Orthopaedics

Thomas M.Hearty¹ 

关键词: pain medication;    postoperative pain;    foot;    ankle surgery;    prescription variability;   

DOI  :  10.1177/2473011418775947

学科分类：医学（综合）

来源: Sage Journals

【 摘 要 】

Background:The misuse and abuse of opioid pain medications have become a public health crisis. Because orthopedic surgeons are the third highest prescribers of opioids, understanding their postoperative pain medication prescribing practices is key to solving the opioid crisis. To this end, we conducted a study of the variability in orthopedic foot and ankle surgery postoperative opioid prescribing practice patterns.Methods:Three hundred fifty orthopedic foot and ankle surgeons were contacted; respondents completed a survey with 4 common patient scenarios and surgical procedures followed by questions regarding typical postoperative pain medication prescriptions. The scenarios ranged from minimally painful procedures to those that would be expected to be significantly more painful. Summaries were calculated as percentages and chi-square or Fisher exact tests were used to compare survey responses between groups stratified by years in practice and type of practice.Results:Sixty-four surgeons responded to the ...

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