Opioid prescribing after thyroid and parathyroid surgery: A survey of North American surgeons
Otolaryngology-head and neck surgeons routinely prescribe opioids for TPS despite identifying that patients only consume a fraction of their opioid prescription. Standardization of opioid prescribing and promotion of multimodal analgesia practices are needed to reduce opioid overprescription.
Authors
- Kelvin Zhou
- Phillip Staibano (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9095-9543)
- Michael Xie (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0583-2848)
- Han Zhang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7633-6171)
Institutions
- McMaster University (CA)
Publication Details
- Journal
- American Journal of Otolaryngology
- Published
- 2025-04-22
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.amjoto.2025.104640
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 1.39