Key result
Regional nerve blockade during total knee arthroplasty was not associated with reduced long-term postoperative opioid dependence in a retrospective claims database study.
Why the study?
Does regional anesthesia reduce long-term opioid prescriptions in patients undergoing total knee arthroplasty?
Population
Patients undergoing total knee arthroplasty (TKA)
Design
Editorial
Follow-up
91 to 365 days
Authors
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This editorial highlights that retrospective administrative claims data may fail to show long-term opioid-sparing benefits of regional anesthesia in TKA due to significant unmeasured confounding and incomplete nerve blockade.
Does regional anesthesia reduce long-term opioid prescriptions in patients undergoing total knee arthroplasty?
This editorial highlights that retrospective administrative claims data may fail to show long-term opioid-sparing benefits of regional anesthesia in TKA due to significant unmeasured confounding and incomplete nerve blockade.
Johnson et al. (2017) conducted an editorial in Total knee arthroplasty. Regional anesthesia (nerve blockade) was evaluated on Opioid prescriptions 91 to 365 days after total knee arthroplasty. Regional nerve blockade during total knee arthroplasty was not associated with reduced long-term postoperative opioid dependence in a retrospective claims database study.
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