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Conventional Ankle Sprain Treatment is Associated with Alarmingly High Rates of Persistent Opioid Use

CATEGORY: Ankle INTRODUCTION/PURPOSE: The opioid epidemic has been defined by over-prescribing by practitioners and increasing misuse, abuse, and diversion of opioids by patients. Orthopedic surgeons are the fourth largest prescriber of opioid medications and have a unique opportunity to play a prom...

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Autores principales: Finney, Fred T., Gossett, Timothy D., Hu, Hsou Mei, Waljee, Jennifer, Brummett, Chad, Walton, David M, Talusan, Paul G, Holmes, James R.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: SAGE Publications 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8500379/
http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/2473011419S00003