Study Assesses the Impact of Preoperative Opioid Use on TKA Outcomes

A recent analysis of the impact of preoperative opioid use on outcomes following total knee replacement has generated interest within and outside Brigham and Women’s. Subjects who took opioids prior to surgery had smaller reductions in pain at 6 months after surgery than those who took no opioids. The paper was published in The Journal of Bone & Joint Surgery.