Abstract | PURPOSE: METHODS: RESULTS: Our institution enrolled 86 patients, 80 of whom completed the study (40 control, 40 treatment). There were no statistically significant differences with respect to patient demographics and patient-specific factors between groups (age at time of surgery, sex, American Society of Anesthesiologists classification, or body mass index). In addition, there was no statistically significant difference with respect to visual analog scale pain between groups preoperatively (P = .64) or at 1-week follow up (P = .39). The treatment group did not use a statistically significant different number of narcotics than the control group throughout the first postoperative week (6.325 pills treatment vs 5.688 pills control, P = .237). CONCLUSIONS: The findings of this randomized controlled trial suggest that postoperative acetaminophen may have no effect on reducing the number of narcotic pills consumed by opioid-naïve patients following hip arthroscopy in the setting of reduced opioid-prescribing on the part of orthopaedic surgeons. Furthermore, the results of this study suggest surgeons may reduce postoperative narcotic prescribing without reducing patient satisfaction following hip arthroscopy. LEVEL OF EVIDENCE: II randomized control trial.
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Authors | David A Bloom, David J Kirby, Kamali Thompson, Samuel L Baron, Crist Chee, Thomas Youm |
Journal | Arthroscopy : the journal of arthroscopic & related surgery : official publication of the Arthroscopy Association of North America and the International Arthroscopy Association
(Arthroscopy)
Vol. 37
Issue 2
Pg. 530-536
(02 2021)
ISSN: 1526-3231 [Electronic] United States |
PMID | 33045334
(Publication Type: Journal Article, Randomized Controlled Trial)
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Copyright | Copyright © 2020 Arthroscopy Association of North America. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. |
Chemical References |
- Analgesics, Opioid
- Acetaminophen
- Oxycodone
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Topics |
- Acetaminophen
(therapeutic use)
- Adult
- Analgesics, Opioid
(therapeutic use)
- Arthroscopy
- Female
- Femoracetabular Impingement
(surgery)
- Hip
(surgery)
- Humans
- Male
- Middle Aged
- Oxycodone
(therapeutic use)
- Pain Measurement
- Pain, Postoperative
(drug therapy)
- Patient Satisfaction
- Prospective Studies
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