Extended opioid usage occurred in older patients, aged 60 years and up, who undergo fracture surgery, according to a study presented at the 2021 Virtual Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons (AAOS).
Investigators looked at 29, 618 patients who were naïve to opioids. They followed patients to determine opioid usage, classifying patients according to filling prescriptions in 3 time periods: 0 to 30 days after surgery, 31 to 90 days after surgery, and 91 to 180 days after surgery. Patients had a median age of 82 years and 70.7% were female.
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