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A Collaborative Approach to Pain Control Reduces In-hospital Opioid Use and Improves Range of Motion following Total Knee Arthroplasty

Introduction: Opioid pain medications are commonly prescribed following orthopedic procedures, with overprescribing of these pain medications implicated as a driver of the current opioid epidemic. In an effort to reduce reliance on opioid pain medications, surgeons are relying on periarticular injec...

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Autores principales: Roberts, Christopher, Foster, Devon, Shi, Glen G, Lesser, Elizabeth R, Heckman, Michael G, Whalen, Joseph L, Clendenen, Steven R, Wilke, Benjamin K
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6634338/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31328069
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.4678