Strategies aimed at preventing long-term opioid use in trauma and orthopaedic surgery: a scoping review

C Côté, M Bérubé, L Moore, F Lauzier… - BMC Musculoskeletal …, 2022 - Springer
Background Long-term opioid use, which may have significant individual and societal
impacts, has been documented in up to 20% of patients after trauma or orthopaedic surgery …

Regional versus General Anesthesia in Postoperative Pain Management after Distal Radius Fracture Surgery: Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials

YH Roh, SG Park, SH Lee - Journal of Personalized Medicine, 2023 - mdpi.com
Distal radius fractures are the most prevalent upper extremity fractures, posing a significant
public health concern. Recent studies comparing regional and general anesthesia for …

Assessment of opioid administration patterns following lower extremity fracture among opioid-naïve inpatients: retrospective multicenter cohort study

M Ramadan, Y Alnashri, A Ilyas, O Batouk… - Annals of Saudi …, 2022 - annsaudimed.net
BACKGROUND: Prescribing habits during admission have largely contributed to the opioid
epidemic. Orthopedic surgeons represent the third-highest opioid-prescribing specialty …

Regional anesthesia decreases inpatient but not outpatient opioid demand in ankle and distal tibia fracture surgery

DJ Cunningham, A Paniagua, I DeLaura… - Foot & Ankle …, 2022 - journals.sagepub.com
Introduction: Regional anesthesia (RA) is commonly used in ankle and distal tibia fracture
surgery. However, the pragmatic effects of this treatment on inpatient and outpatient opioid …

Regional anesthesia provides limited decreases in opioid use following distal tibia and ankle fracture surgery

MA Lantieri, WM Novicoff, SR Yarboro - European Journal of Orthopaedic …, 2023 - Springer
Purpose Regional anesthesia (RA) is used for pain control, but its impacts on the orthopedic
trauma population are not well known. This study evaluated the impact of peripheral nerve …