A Prospective Assessment of Opioid Utilization Post-operatively in Sports Orthopaedic Surgeries

Completed

Conditions studied: Narcotic Use, Postoperative Pain, Narcotic Abuse, Opioid Use, Opioid Abuse, Uncomplicated, Opioids; Harmful Use, Analgesic Drug Dependence, Orthopedic Disorder

In brief

There was a study titled "A prospective evaluation of opioid utilization after upper extremity surgical procedures: Identifying consumption patterns and determining prescribing guidelines" by Dr. Matzon and team from Thomas Jefferson University that came up with a simple set of opioid guidelines post-surgically. These guidelines are helping to guide surgeon's prescribing patterns and ideally limit the number of prescribed pain medicines. We plan to identify typical narcotic analgesic usage post sports orthopaedic surgery. We hope to identify the number of narcotic pain pills to prescribe to patients undergoing orthopaedic sports surgery in the future.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT03422211

Run by

St. Louis University

People needed

223

Starts

2017-11-16

Expected to finish

2018-11-02

Last updated by the study team

2021-09-24

Who can join

Age: 10 and older, up to 100. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• analgesics prescribed to patient
• Patients that have undergone orthopaedic sports surgeries that Dr. Kaar and Dr. Kim performed with some of the examples being:
• Acromioplasty Rotator cuff repair Labral repair Proximal humerus repair versus arthroplasty Elbow instability repair Elbow arthroplasty Hip arthroscopy Hip cam lesion repair Knee arthroscopy Knee ligament repair Knee meniscus repair Achilles tendon repair Cartilage preserving procedures

You may not qualify if…

• mental retardation inmates non-english speaking pregnant on-call trauma cases

Where it is running

• Cardinal Glennon — St Louis, Missouri, United States
• Anheuser Busch Institute — St Louis, Missouri, United States
• SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - St. Louis — St Louis, Missouri, United States

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