… prescription habits for narcotic pain medication. This study tested the hypothesis that narcotic
pain medication is … with the Netherlands after operative treatment of hip and ankle fractures. …

… created by actual or potential tissue damage) as a result of fracture pathophysiology and
operative treatment, the use of less opioid pain medication by Dutch patients might be …

… A recent observational study showed that single-dose intrathecal opioid followed by IV
PCA resulted in better pain control than CEA in patients undergoing colorectal surgery.[26] In …

… after laparoscopic cholecystectomy ( 31–34 ), some investigators have actually reported
that infiltration of the trocar sites at the end of surgery provided better pain relief than when the …

… , outpatient pain management, where few guidelines exist. In this context, we investigated
prescription patterns of opioid pain medications after common surgical procedures. We also …

… of postoperative pain control is … treated pain is a major cause of prolonged stays or
unanticipated hospital admissions after ambulatory surgery, the ability to provide effective pain relief …

… on the frequency of opioid use after dermatologic surgery; it … surgery consumed postoperative
opioid pain medications but … surgery to determine (1) the incidence of opioid prescription …

… Physicians play a role in the current prescription drug-abuse … narcotic pain medication than
patients routinely need. Although narcotics are effective for severe, acute, postoperative pain, …

… interpatient variability in postoperative opioid requirements. Specific … Pain control has
traditionally used opioid analgesia to target central mechanisms involved in the perception of pain…

… technique prior to surgery are that there may be less intraoperative opioid use and lower …
and complementary medicine rather than opioids for pain control. Just as opioid prescribing is …