The Use of Opioid Analgesics following Common Upper Extremity Surgical Procedures: A National, Population-Based Study

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 137, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 355e-364e

  Waljee, Jennifer F ^a   Zhong, Lin ^a   Hou, Hechuan ^a   Sears, Erika ^a   Brummett, Chad ^a   Chung, Kevin C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NARCOTIC ANALGESIC AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AMBULATORY SURGERY; FEMALE; HAND; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OPIATE ADDICTION; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; PRESCRIPTION; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SURGERY; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AMBULATORY SURGICAL PROCEDURES; ANALGESICS, OPIOID; DRUG PRESCRIPTIONS; FEMALE; HAND; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OPIOID-RELATED DISORDERS; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84955587038     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.prs.0000475788.52446.7b     Document Type: Article

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