| Autor: |
Vani J. Sabesan, MD, Nikolas Echeverry, BS, Conner Dalton, MS, Joel Grunhut, BA, Alessia Lavin, MD, Kiran Chatha, MD |
| Jazyk: |
angličtina |
| Rok vydání: |
2021 |
| Předmět: |
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| Zdroj: |
JSES International, Vol 5, Iss 4, Pp 663-666 (2021) |
| Druh dokumentu: |
article |
| ISSN: |
2666-6383 |
| DOI: |
10.1016/j.jseint.2021.04.009 |
| Popis: |
Background: Orthopedic surgeons are the third-highest prescribers of opioid medications, and the recent opioid crisis has placed more scrutiny on physicians and their prescribing habits. House Bill 21, a new law limiting the prescription of opioid medications, was signed in Florida on July 1, 2018 and similar laws have been passed in a number of other states as well. The purpose of this study was to understand the effect of new legal mandates on opioid prescribing patterns and dependence rates for patients undergoing reverse shoulder arthroplasty. Methods: A retrospective review of 143 patients who underwent primary reverse shoulder arthroplasty from 2017 to 2019 was performed. There were 87 patients in the pre-legislation group (group 1), compared to 56 in the post-legislation group (group 2). Demographics data and opioid prescriptions provided 90 days before and after surgery were obtained using the physician drug monitoring database. Descriptive statistics and Student's t-tests were used to examine differences. Results: Preoperatively, both groups received similar numbers of pills and total morphine equivalents (TMEs; group 1: 47.3 pills and 59.9 TMEs, group 2: 30.9 pills and 24.8 TMEs) (P = .292, P = .081). Group 1 had 88.5% of patients fill an opioid prescription postoperatively, compared to 50.9% of group 2 (P |
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