Opioid prescribing patterns after arthroplasty of the knee and hip: a Dutch nationwide cohort study from 2013 to 2018

Background and purpose: Numbers on opioid prescriptions over time in arthroplasty patients are currently lacking. Therefore we determined the annual opioid prescribing rate in patients who received a hip/knee arthroplasty (HA/KA) between 2013 and 2018. Patients and methods: The Dutch Foundation for...

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Main Authors: Heather E van Brug, Rob G H H Nelissen, Willem M Lijfering, Liza N van Steenbergen, Frits R Rosendaal, Eveline L A van Dorp, Marcel L Bouvy, Albert Dahan, Maaike G J Gademan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Medical Journals Sweden 2022-07-01
Series:Acta Orthopaedica
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Online Access:https://actaorthop.org/actao/article/view/3993