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 …

Background: State medical cannabis laws may lead patients with chronic noncancer pain to
substitute cannabis in place of prescription opioid or clinical guideline–concordant …

Purpose In response to the opioid crisis, opioid analgesic guidelines and prescribing limits
have proliferated. The purpose of this narrative review is to examine evidence from studies …

Background: The ongoing US opioid epidemic threatens quality of life and poses substantial
economic and safety burdens to opioid abusers and their communities, physicians, and …

Purpose The annual high volume of carpal tunnel releases (CTRs) has a large financial
impact on the health care system. Validating the cost drivers related to CTR in a large …

Background: Since early 2016, an increasing number of states passed legislations that limit
the duration and/or dosage of initial opioid prescriptions or opioids for acute pain. Objective …

Background The current opioid epidemic in the United States has become a public health
crisis with an estimated 150 daily deaths and nearly 47,000 opioid-related deaths in the …

Methods: A retrospective cohort study was conducted using the PearlDiver database to track
annual trends in opioid claims after elective total hip arthroplasty (THA), total knee …

Objective. Considering the high rates of opioid usage following orthopedic surgeries, it is
important to explore this in the setting of the current opioid epidemic. This study examined …

Objectives Increased use of opioids and their associated harms have raised concerns
around prescription opioid use for pain management following surgery. We examined trends …