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Prolonged Opioid Use Before Knee or Hip Replacement Surgery Increases Risk of Poor Outcomes

Prolonged Opioid Use Before Knee or Hip Replacement Surgery Increases Risk of Poor Outcomes
Posted in: Healthcare News | Posted on: 27 September, 2018

Source: Wolters Kluwer

Patients who take prescription opioids for more than 60 days before total knee or hip replacement surgery are at significantly higher risk of being readmitted to the hospital and of undergoing repeat joint-replacement surgery.

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