Opioid Naive Surgeons and Opioid-Tolerant Patients: Can Education Alter Prescribing Patterns to Total Knee Arthroplasty Patients?

The Journal of Knee Surgery
Connor A KingMegan A Conti Mica

Abstract

Patterns of opioid overprescribing following arthroplasty likely developed given that poor pain control can diminish patient satisfaction, delay disposition, and lead to complications. Recently, interventions promoting responsible pain management have been described, however, most of the existing literature focuses on opioid naive patients. The aim of this study was to describe the effect of an educational intervention on opioid prescribing for opioid-tolerant patients undergoing primary total knee arthroplasty (TKA). As the start to a quality improvement initiative to reduce opioid overprescribing, a departmental grand rounds was conducted. Prescribing data, for the year before and after this intervention, were retrospectively collected for all opioid-tolerant patients undergoing primary TKA. Opioid prescribing data were standardized to mean morphine milligram equivalents (MME). Segmented time series regression was utilized to estimate the change in opioid prescribing associated with the intervention. A total of 508 opioid-tolerant patients underwent TKA at our institution during the study period. The intervention was associated with a statistically significant decrease of 468 mean MME (23%) from 2,062 to 1,594 (p = 0.005) in ...Continue Reading

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