Postoperative Narcotic Prescription Practice in Orthopedic Foot and Ankle Surgery

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 condu...

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Main Authors: Thomas M. Hearty MD, DPT, Paul Butler MD, John Anderson MD, Donald Bohay MD
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SAGE Publishing 2018-09-01
Series:Foot & Ankle Orthopaedics
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1177/2473011418775947