Publications by authors named "Laila Khoury"
Background: Currently 128 people die daily from opioid-related overdoses in the United States. This burden has instigated a search for viable means to guide postoperative prescription decision-making. The Opioid Risk Tool (ORT) and the Screener and Opioid Assessment for Patient with Pain (SOAPP) are validated risk assessment tools to predict opioid usage in high-risk populations.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: In the realm of shoulder surgery, arthroscopic rotator cuff repair (RCR) is one of the most painful procedures and is often associated with higher opioid consumption. The purpose of this study was to evaluate effectiveness of preoperative and postoperative patient education and multimodal pain management to achieve an opioid-free postoperative recovery after RCR.
Methods: Sixty patients who underwent RCR were divided in 2 groups.
Background: There is an increasing need to understand what barriers are present to reduce opioid consumption in orthopedic practice. The purpose of this study was to better understand patient perceptions and understanding of opioid use after shoulder surgery.
Methods: Eighty-five patients who underwent shoulder surgery anonymously completed a 27-question survey adapted from the Maryland Public Opinion Survey on Opioids with additional demographics.
Background: Although it has been shown that Medicare populations have a higher overall rate of complications than those with private insurances for large cohort total joint studies, there is limited information comparing patient-reported outcomes (PROs) among private insurance patients. The purpose of this study was to determine the impact of non-Medicaid insurance type on outcomes after shoulder arthroplasty.
Methods: This retrospective case-controlled study included 203 patients who underwent shoulder arthroplasty from 2012 to 2017 by a single surgeon.