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2019 Nov


Surgery


166


5

No refills: The durable impact of a multifaceted effort by surgical trainees to minimize the prescription of postoperative opioids.

Authors

Chiu AS, Freedman-Weiss MR, Jean RA, Cohen E, Yoo PS
Surgery. 2019 Nov; 166(5):758-763.
PMID: 31253416.

Abstract

Surgeons have the opportunity to help offset the opioid epidemic by leading with practice changes. We sought to decrease the amount of opioid prescribed postoperatively through a multifaceted program.