Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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8837384 | Surgery | 2017 | 6 Pages |
Abstract
The majority of our patients reported that they did not require any opioid analgesics, and nearly all of those who thought that they did need opioids used <5 tablets. Our data suggest that for elective inguinal hernia repair under a local anesthetic with intravenous sedation, a policy of low opioid analgesic prescribing is achievable; these findings call for further investigation of how to best prescribe opioid medications to patients after an inguinal herniorrhaphy.
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Authors
Konstantinos S. MD, Michael MD, FACS, Lauren R. PA-C, Maggie L. MD, MPH, Peter T. MD, MS, FACS, FAAP,