Opioid Counseling Following Orthopaedic Surgery

Opioid Consumption After Orthopaedic Surgery: Prospective Randomized Trial on the Effects of Pre-Operative Counseling

Postoperative pain management and opioid consumption following outpatient orthopaedic surgery may be influenced by a number of variables including knowledge of safe opioid use. A prospective randomized study is designed to understand the effect of preoperative opioid counseling on postoperative opioid consumption and the typical opioid consumption patterns following common outpatient orthopaedic surgeries. The hypothesis was that patients who received preoperative opioid counseling will consume less postoperative opioid medication and experience greater satisfaction with pain management.

Inclusion Criteria:

• Patients undergoing shoulder, elbow, wrist, knee, foot, and/or ankle surgery

Exclusion Criteria:

• male of female less than 18 years old
• patients schedule to undergo inpatient procedures
• patients undergoing surgeries distal to the wrist
• patients undergoing surgeries under local anesthesia only