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Opioid prescribing practices prior to elective foot and ankle surgery: a population-based evaluation using health administrative data from a tertiary hospital in Canada

BACKGROUND: Complex elective foot and ankle surgery is known to be painful so most patients are prescribed opioids at the time of surgery; however, the number of patients prescribed opioids while waiting for surgery in Canada is unknown. Our primary objective was to describe the pre and postoperativ...

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Autores principales: Goplen, C. Michael, Pedersen, M. Elizabeth, Ramadi, Ailar, Beaupre, Lauren A.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9097109/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35549666
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12875-022-01722-x