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The Effect of Preoperative Benzodiazepine Usage on Postoperative Opioid Consumption After Hand Surgery: A Multicenter Analysis
Bakewell, Brock K. Townsend, Clay B. Ly, Justin A. Sherman, Matthew Abdelfattah, Hasham M. Solarz, Mark Woozley, Katharine Ilyas, Asif M.
Bakewell, Brock K.
Townsend, Clay B.
Ly, Justin A.
Sherman, Matthew
Abdelfattah, Hasham M.
Solarz, Mark
Woozley, Katharine
Ilyas, Asif M.
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2022-09-26
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Orthopaedic Surgery and Sports Medicine
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http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.29609
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Background: Prescription rates of opioids and benzodiazepines have steadily increased in the last decade with the percentage of prescription opioid overdose deaths involving benzodiazepines more than doubling during that time. Orthopaedic surgery is one of the highest-volume opioid prescribing medical specialties, but the effects of benzodiazepine use on orthopaedic surgery patient outcomes are not well understood. The purpose of the study was to utilize the state Prescription Drug Monitoring Program (PDMP) database to investigate if perioperative benzodiazepine use predisposes patients to prolonged opioid use following hand and upper extremity orthopaedic surgery. Methods: This study was retrospective and conducted at three urban academic institutions. All patients who underwent carpal tunnel release, thumb basal joint arthroplasty, and distal radius fracture open reduction internal fixation performed by 14 board-certified, fellowship-trained orthopaedic hand and upper extremity surgeons between April 2018 and August 2019, were collected via a database query. All opioid and benzodiazepine prescriptions were collected from three months preoperatively to six months postoperatively. Results: In this study, 634 patients met the inclusion criteria presented to one of the three institutions during the 18-month study period. Patients consisted of 276 carpal tunnel releases, 217 distal radius fracture open reduction internal fixations, and 141 thumb basal joint arthroplasties. Benzodiazepine users were 14.6% more likely to fill an additional opioid prescription (p<0.005) and were 10.8% more likely to experience prolonged three to six-month postoperative opioid use (p<0.005). Conclusion: This study found that patients who use benzodiazepines are at a higher risk of filling additional opioid prescriptions and prolonged opioid use following hand and upper extremity surgery. Prescribers should take this into account when prescribing opioids after upper extremity orthopaedic surgery.
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Bakewell B K, Townsend C B, Ly J A, et al. (September 26, 2022) The Effect of Preoperative Benzodiazepine Usage on Postoperative Opioid Consumption After Hand Surgery: A Multicenter Analysis. Cureus 14(9): e29609. doi:10.7759/cureus.29609
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Cureus: Journal of Medical Science, Vol. 14
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