Revision Total Knee Arthroplasty Is Associated With Significantly Higher Opioid Consumption as Compared With Primary Total Knee Arthroplasty in the Acute Postoperative Period

Revision Total Knee Arthroplasty Is Associated With Significantly Higher Opioid Consumption as Compared With Primary Total Knee Arthroplasty in the Acute Postoperative Period

Background: There is a scarcity of studies investigating narcotic use after revision total knee arthroplasty (TKA). We compared immediate postsurgical narcotic consumption after revision TKA and primary TKA. Methods: A single-institution database was used to identify patients who underwent revision...

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Main Authors: Jenna Bernstein, MD, James Feng, MD, Siddharth Mahure, MD, MBA, Ran Schwarzkopf, MD, MSc, William J. Long, MD, FRCSC
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2020-06-01
Series:Arthroplasty Today
Subjects:
Opioid
Pain control
Narcotics
Primary total knee
Revision total knee
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2352344120300650

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