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The Bone & Joint Journal
Vol. 101-B, Issue 7_Supple_C | Pages 98 - 103
1 Jul 2019
Premkumar A Lovecchio FC Stepan JG Sculco PK Jerabek SA Gonzalez Della Valle A Mayman DJ Pearle AD Alexiades MM Albert TJ Cross MB Haas SB

Aims

The aim of this study was to determine the general postoperative opioid consumption and rate of appropriate disposal of excess opioid prescriptions in patients undergoing primary unilateral total knee arthroplasty (TKA).

Patients and Methods

In total, 112 patients undergoing surgery with one of eight arthroplasty surgeons at a single specialty hospital were prospectively enrolled. Three patients were excluded for undergoing secondary procedures within six weeks. Daily pain levels and opioid consumption, quantity, and disposal patterns for leftover medications were collected for six weeks following surgery using a text-messaging platform.