Las Vegas—Opioid prescribing after minimally invasive surgery (MIS) remains unacceptably high, according to research conducted at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF). Of nearly 400 MIS patients surveyed, 90% said they were prescribed opioids after surgery, and 13% of these patients asked for a refill as late as three months after the procedure.
The study, which was presented at the 2019 annual meeting of the American Society of Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine (abstract