JAMA otolaryngology-- head & neck surgery
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JAMA Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg · Dec 2018
Opioid Prescribing Practice and Needs in Thyroid and Parathyroid Surgery.
In recent years, the medical community's inadvertent contribution to opioid addiction has been recognized. ⋯ Our study suggests that patients undergoing thyroid and parathyroid surgery need little, if any, postoperative opioids.