Coming next month in JACS and online now: Standardization of outpatient procedure narcotics: A prospective non-inferiority study to reduce opioid use in outpatient general surgical procedures

摘要

Luke B. Hartford, DVM, MD; Julie Ann M. Van Koughnett, MD, MEd, FRCSC, FACS; Patrick B. Murphy, MD, MSc, MPH; et al report in the January issue of the Journal of the American College of Surgeons (JACS) their findings that for outpatient open hernia repair and cholecystectomy, a standardized pain care bundle significantly decreased opioid prescribing and frequently eliminated opioid use while adequately treating postoperative pain and improving patient satisfaction.