February 16, 2023 | Today’s News
Today's Top Story Retrospective Study Investigates the Impact of Restrictive Opioid Regulation on Opioid Prescribing for TKA Patients Restrictive opioid legislation was found to be associated with reduced postoperative opioid prescriptions per patient following total knee arthroplasty (TKA), according to a study published online in the Journal of the AAOS ®. Prescription opioid quantity in morphine milligram equivalents (MME), quantity of refills, and number of prescribers up to 90 days postsurgery were compared between TKA patients prior [...]