Risk of Prolonged Opioid Use Among Opioid-Naïve Patients Following Common Hand Surgery Procedures

Journal of Hand Surgery

Volumn 41, Issue 10, 2016, Pages 947-957.e3

  Johnson, Shepard P ^a   Chung, Kevin C ^b   Zhong, Lin ^b   Shauver, Melissa J ^b   Engelsbe, Michael J ^b   Brummett, Chad ^b   Waljee, Jennifer F ^b  

^a St Joseph Mercy Ann Arbor ^*  (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

Hand surgery; opioid na ve patients; prescription opioids; prolonged opioid use

Indexed keywords

MORPHINE; OPIATE; NARCOTIC ANALGESIC AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CARPAL TUNNEL RELEASE; CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; CARPOMETACARPAL ARTHRODESIS; CARPOMETACARPAL ARTHROPLASTY; COHORT ANALYSIS; CUBITAL TUNNEL RELEASE; DISTAL RADIUS FRACTURE; ELECTIVE SURGERY; ELIXHAUSER COMORBIDITY INDEX; FEMALE; FRACTURE FIXATION; HAND SURGERY; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METACARPAL BONE FRACTURE; MIDDLE AGED; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; PHALANX FRACTURE; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; TENDON RECONSTRUCTION; TOBACCO DEPENDENCE; TRIGGER FINGER RELEASE; ADOLESCENT; AGED; HAND; OPIATE ADDICTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SURGERY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANALGESICS, OPIOID; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HAND; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OPIOID-RELATED DISORDERS; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84995680475     PISSN: 03635023     EISSN: 15316564     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhsa.2016.07.113     Document Type: Article

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