Long-term postoperative opioid prescription after cholecystectomy or gastric by-pass surgery: a retrospective observational study.

Objectives: Opioids are commonly prescribed post-surgery. We investigated the proportion of patients who were prescribed any opioids 6-12 months after two common surgeries - laparoscopic cholecystectomy and gastric by-pass (GBP) surgery. A secondary aim was to examine risk factors prior to surgery associated with the prescription of any opioids after surgery.