Opioid Use for Postoperative Pain Control in Pediatric Supracondylar Humerus Fractures: A Pain-Diary Based Prospective Study

• DOI: 10.46889/josr.2021.2202
• Publication Date: 2021-05-14T10:39:46Z
• Authors: Ryan J O' Leary; Leah Herzog; Sara Van Nortwick; Matthew A Dow; Robert F Murphy
• Keywords: Pain control

fracture type, or percent female (Table 1).The average total pain scores were 6.2 in the opioid group and 3.3 non-opioid (p=0.03).For both groups, highest on day of surgery lowest postoperative 4.The had higher 4 when compared with these results statistically significant (p=0.04).The difference acetaminophen ibuprofen use between two study groups was not significant.Discussion: Our demonstrate that 62% our patient cohort managed their control medication.When group, lower overall scores.These suggest appropriate can be achieved without opioids majority patients.