Post‐Discharge Opioid Prescribing After Elective Colorectal Resection: An International Survey
The extensive global variation in opioid prescribing underscores clinical equipoise and challenges the assumption that post-discharge opioids are universally necessary for patients undergoing colorectal resection.
Authors
- Julio F. Fiore (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0019-8673)
- Nawar Touma (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0008-7171-1404)
- Francesca Fermi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0003-3573-2578)
- Badma Bashankaev (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2397-6578)
- Marylise Boutros (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8006-321X)
- A. N. Sidorova (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6575-5696)
- Mohsen Alhashemi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9545-646X)
- Chuangang Fu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4770-0779)
- Lawrence Lee (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3990-2469)
- SJ Chapman
- Tahereh Najafi Ghezeljeh
- Fatemeh Rajabiyazdi
- Pepa Kaneva
- Ghadeer Olleik
- Sender Liberman
- Wexner Sd
- H. Elhaj
- Samin Shirzadi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7926-1171)
- Sofia Valanci
- Audrius Dulskas
- Agnihotram V. Ramanakumar
- Maxime Lapointe‐Gagner
- Lucia Oliveira
Institutions
- University of Leeds (GB)
- University of Calgary (CA)
- Vilnius University (LT)
- South Health Campus (CA)
- McGill University Health Centre (CA)
- Kuwait University (KW)
- Cleveland Clinic Florida (US)
- Research Institute for System Studies (RU)
- Shanghai East Hospital (CN)
- Centro Médico ABC (MX)
- Sociedade Brasileira de Oncologia Clínica (BR)
- McGill University (CA)
Publication Details
- Journal
- World Journal of Surgery
- Published
- 2026-01-29
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1002/wjs.70245
- Primary Topic
- Opioid Use Disorder Treatment
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- Society of American Gastrointestinal and Endoscopic Surgeons
- European Society of Coloproctology
- Colorectal Surgical Society of Australia and New Zealand