Background: Orthopaedic surgery regularly employs opioids for postoperative pain management. Multimodal pain protocols have been shown to reduce opioid prescriptions in orthopaedic surgery.
Purpose: To analyze the impact of a division-level multimodal pain protocol for orthopaedic sports medicine surgery on opioid prescription reduction and pain level postoperatively.
Study Design: Cohort study; Level of evidence, 3.
Methods: All orthopaedic sports medicine procedures at a military treatment facility were categorized into 1 of 3 pain tiers. A pain protocol emphasizing multimodal pain control was implemented for each tier. A retrospective cohort study compared pre- and postprotocol pain groups for each respective tier (n = 40 in each) for visual analog scale (VAS) for pain scores 2 weeks postoperatively, postoperative opioid prescription, and time to discontinuation of postoperative opioids.
Results: The mean number of opioid pills prescribed for all tiers decreased by 43.6% (preprotocol 35.7 ± 3.1; postprotocol 20.1 ± 1.5; < .0001) after pain protocol implementation. Of the total opioids prescribed in the postprotocol cohort, a mean of 64.1% were consumed. There was no significant difference in overall visual analog scale for pain scores at 2 weeks postoperatively (preprotocol 2.72 ± 0.41; postprotocol 2.99 ± 0.43; = .40). At 2 weeks postoperatively, only 1 patient continued opioids in the postprotocol group compared with 20 patients with continued opioid use in the preprotocol group ( < .001).
Conclusion: A division-level multimodal pain protocol applied to orthopaedic sports medicine procedures led to decreased opioid prescription postoperatively with no significant difference in 2-week postoperative pain scores compared with more opioid reliant and variable protocols in a cohort of military service members. Despite the reduced prescription, patients consumed a mean of 64.1% of pills, indicating continued overprescription.
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