What Is the Proper Use of Opioids in the Postoperative Patient?

Adv Surg

Department of Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, 165 Cambridge Street, Suite 810, Boston, MA 02114, USA. Electronic address:

Published: September 2017

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