Pre-operative Patient Education and Patient Preparedness are Associated with Less Post-Operative use of Opioids

The authors implement a multi-component intervention to decrease the use of reduce opioids postoperatively, use and increase disposal of excess opioids after surgery, and to investigate patient-reported outcomes. This report is important because it highlights the crucial role of preoperative educati...

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Published inSurgery Vol. 167; no. 5; pp. 852 - 858
Main Authors Khorfan, Rhami, Shallcross, Meagan L., Yu, Benjamin, Sanchez, Nicholas, Parilla, Shelby, Coughlin, Julia, Johnson, Julie K., Bilimoria, Karl Y., Stulberg, Jonah J.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published 20.02.2020
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Summary:The authors implement a multi-component intervention to decrease the use of reduce opioids postoperatively, use and increase disposal of excess opioids after surgery, and to investigate patient-reported outcomes. This report is important because it highlights the crucial role of preoperative education and counseling and the need for further work to encourage appropriate disposal.
ISSN:0039-6060
1532-7361
DOI:10.1016/j.surg.2020.01.002