Opioids in Arthroplasty: Mind the Gap Between North America and the Rest of the World

J Bone Joint Surg Am. 2018 Dec 19;100(24):2162-2171. doi: 10.2106/JBJS.17.01422.

Authors

Yuvraj Agrawal^{1

2}, R Malcolm Smith³, Donald S Garbuz², Bassam A Masri²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Orthopaedics, Northern General Hospital, Sheffield, United Kingdom.
² Department of Orthopaedics, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
³ Department of Orthopaedics, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts.

PMID: 30562297
DOI: 10.2106/JBJS.17.01422

No abstract available

Publication types

Review

MeSH terms

Analgesics, Opioid / poisoning
Analgesics, Opioid / therapeutic use*
Arthroplasty, Replacement, Hip / mortality
Arthroplasty, Replacement, Hip / statistics & numerical data*
Drug Overdose / mortality
Female
Global Health / statistics & numerical data
Humans
Male
Musculoskeletal Pain / mortality
Musculoskeletal Pain / prevention & control
North America / epidemiology
Opioid-Related Disorders / mortality
Opioid-Related Disorders / prevention & control
Opioid-Related Disorders / rehabilitation
Osteoarthritis, Hip / mortality
Osteoarthritis, Hip / surgery
Osteoarthritis, Knee / mortality
Osteoarthritis, Knee / surgery
Postoperative Pain / prevention & control
Prescription Drug Overuse / statistics & numerical data
Prescription Drugs / therapeutic use

Substances

Analgesics, Opioid
Prescription Drugs