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. 2020 Dec 1;155(12):1169-1171.
doi: 10.1001/jamasurg.2020.3623.

Preoperative Opioid Use and Mortality After Minor Outpatient Surgery

Katherine B Santosa  1 , Yen-Ling Lai  2 , Jeremie D Oliver  3 , Hsou-Mei Hu  2 , Chad M Brummett  4 , Michael J Englesbe  5 , Jennifer F Waljee  1
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Preoperative Opioid Use and Mortality After Minor Outpatient Surgery

Katherine B Santosa et al. JAMA Surg. .

Abstract

This study evaluates the risk of preoperative opioid exposure on all-cause mortality after outpatient surgery.

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Conflict of interest statement

Conflict of Interest Disclosures: Dr Brummett reports personal fees from Heron Therapeutics and Alosa Health for consulting outside the submitted work. No other disclosures were reported.

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Figure.. Adjusted 90-Day Mortality by Preoperative Opioid Use
Procedures included varicose vein removal, hemorrhoidectomy, laparoscopic cholecystectomy, transurethral prostate surgery, thyroidectomy, parathyroidectomy, carpal tunnel release, umbilical hernia repair, and inguinal hernia repair. Mortality was adjusted for age, sex, race, Medicaid eligibility, type of surgery, Charlson Comorbidity Index, history of tobacco use, mental health disorders, pain disorders, hospitalization in prior year, stay in skilled nursing facility in prior year, concurrent fill of benzodiazepine, and frailty index.
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