Themes and gaps in research for opioid use and misuse pertinent to orthopaedic injury patients

Abstract. Introduction:. Prescription opioid use and misuse has accelerated rapidly in the United States over the past 2 decades. Orthopaedic surgeons are the third highest prescribers of opioids, and thus are contributing to this problem at a significant rate. Despite a surge in the number of publi...

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Main Authors: Kaylie Miller, BA, Nathan N. O’Hara, MHA, Christopher J. Welsh, MD, Katherine Ordonio, BS, Nora Loughry, BA, Lucy Liu, BA, Gerard P. Slobogean, MD, MPH, FRCSC
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer 2018-05-01
Series:OTA International
Online Access:http://journals.lww.com/10.1097/OI9.0000000000000002