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2020 11


Ann Plast Surg


85


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The Effects of Adjunctive Pain Medications on Postoperative Inpatient Opioid Use in Abdominally Based Microsurgical Breast Reconstruction.

Abstract

The purposes of this study were to quantify the amount of opioid medication used postoperatively in the hospital setting after abdominally based microsurgical breast reconstruction, to determine factors that are associated with increased opioid use, and to identify other adjunctive medications that may contribute to decreased opioid use.