Persistent opioid use among patients who underwent intermediate-to-major elective surgery at a Swiss cantonal hospital: a prospective cohort study
Only a small proportion (1%) of surgical patients continued opioid use 12 weeks after intermediate-to-major elective surgery, with an even much lower proportion (0.3%) having been opioid-naive before surgery. This low rate of prolonged opioid use may be due to the restrictive prescription policy of the centre and local healthcare providers.
Authors
- Markus K. Müller (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0307-5046)
- Pascal Probst (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0895-4015)
- Flavia Breitenmoser
- Nils Horn (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1397-9284)
- Rahel Naef (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5872-076X)
- JoEllen Welter (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1458-6121)
- Alexander Dullenkopf (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1456-6457)
- Aaron Rixecker
Institutions
- University of Zurich (CH)
- University Hospital of Zurich (CH)
- Spital Thurgau (Switzerland) (CH)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Swiss Medical Weekly
- Published
- 2025-05-15
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.57187/s.4152
- Primary Topic
- Opioid Use Disorder Treatment
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00