Objective To assess the risk of persistent opioid use following various urologic procedures in
adolescents and young adults. Materials and Methods The TriNetX LLC Diamond Network …

Background: The opioid abuse epidemic has highlighted the risks associated with these
medications. Objective: To determine whether filling a postoperative opioid prescription after …

In the January 2020 issue of European Urology, Welk et al. evaluated the prevalence of
persistent opioid use in a cohort of over 91,000 male patients who underwent one of several …

Objectives To identify factors associated with opioid use after pediatric urologic surgery, use
this data to educate our patients and colleagues on decreasing post-operative opioid use …

Objective To examine our outpatient urologic surgery cohort for trends in opioid
consumption, given the lack of consensus on opioid prescription after outpatient urologic …

Introduction Opioid abuse is a public health crisis, and often this starts postoperatively.
Limited data are available on pediatric urology practitioners. We examined the likelihood of …

Purpose The aim of this study is to determine whether patient age and procedure type are
associated with duration of opioid use in pediatric patients undergoing ambulatory urologic …

Purpose: Prescription opioid use is increasing, leading to increased addiction and mortality.
Postoperative care is often the first exposure to opioids of a patient but little data exist on …

Purpose: Effective pain management is a critical component of the perioperative process
with opioids representing a mainstay of therapy. The opioid epidemic is a growing concern …

BACKGROUND: Despite efforts to reduce nonmedical opioid misuse, little is known about
the development of persistent opioid use after surgery among adolescents and young …