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Opioids After Surgery in the United States Versus the Rest of the World

DOI

145

Citations

35

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2020

Year

Haytham M.A. Kaafarani, Kelsey Han, Mohamad El Moheb, Napaporn Kongkaewpaisan, Zhenyi Jia, Majed W. El Hechi, Suzanne F.M. Van Wijck, Kerry Breen, Ahmed Eid, Gabriel Rodriguez,
Annals of Surgery

Abstract

US physicians prescribe alarmingly high amounts of opioid medications postoperatively. Further efforts should focus on limiting opioid prescribing and emphasize non-opioid alternatives in the US.

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