Self-Reported Pain Tolerance and Opioid Pain Medication Use after Foot and Ankle Surgery
Category: Opioid/Pain Management Introduction/Purpose: As one of the top prescribing groups of opioid pain medication, orthopaedic surgeons must tailor post- surgical pain control to minimize the potential for prescription opioid abuse. Patients generate an idea of their own pain threshold relative...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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SAGE Publishing
2019-10-01
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Series: | Foot & Ankle Orthopaedics |
Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1177/2473011419S00402 |