Incidence and Predictive Factors for Prolonged Use of Opioid Medication After Foot and Ankle Surgery:

Foot & Ankle Orthopaedics

JamalAhmad¹ 

关键词: Incidence;    predictive;    factors;    prolonged;    opioid;    surgery;   

DOI  :  10.1177/2473011418S00016

学科分类：医学（综合）

来源: Sage Journals

【 摘 要 】

Category:OtherIntroduction/Purpose:The purpose of this study is to evaluate the incidence and factors predictive for patients’ needs for opioid pain medication longer than 2 weeks after orthopaedic foot/ankle surgery in a single surgeon’s practice at a tertiary care center. We hypothesize that the number of patients that require opioids for pain management after 2 weeks post-operatively is low, but certain patient factors may be predictive for those individuals that request these medications at this time period.Methods:This is a prospective study of patients that received orthopaedic foot/ankle surgery between August 2016 and November 2017 by a single surgeon. Inclusion criteria involved surgical patients lacking chronic use of opioids. Patients regularly taking opioids pre-operatively were excluded from this study. Patients’ charts were reviewed for their age, weight, and medical co-morbidities. The diagnosis and procedure(s) that each patient received was recorded. Postoperatively, all patients received...

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