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Feasibility of Prospectively Comparing Opioid Analgesia With Opioid-Free Analgesia After Outpatient General Surgery: A Pilot Randomized Clinical Trial.
Do U, El-Kefraoui C, Pook M, Balvardi S, Barone N, Nguyen-Powanda P, Lee L, Baldini G, Feldman LS, Fiore JF, Alhashemi M, Antoun A, Barkun JS, Brecht KM, Chaudhury PK, Deckelbaum D, Di Lena E, Dumitra S, Elhaj H, Fata P, et al.
The overprescription of opioids to surgical patients is recognized as an important factor contributing to the opioid crisis. However, the value of prescribing opioid analgesia (OA) vs opioid-free analgesia (OFA) after postoperative discharge remains uncertain.
