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Special Outpatient Surgery Edition - Orthopedics - August 2017

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3 4 S U P P L E M E N T T O O U T P A T I E N T S U R G E R Y M A G A Z I N E A U G U S T 2 0 1 7 S ounding alarms about the nation's opioid crisis is fairly easy. Solving it is turning out to be a lot harder. The current epidemic demands that you take a hard look at how effec- tively your surgical team is using multimodal post- op pain management to limit the use of addictive painkillers. Do your part to stop the overprescrib- ing of opioids and you'll soon realize that the right mix of analgesics, regional anesthesia and continuous nerve blocks helps send joint patients home sooner, healthier and happier. Maximize Multimodal Pain Management • JOINT DECISION Total knee patients are given adductor canal blocks or femoral nerve blocks, depending on their pre-op condition. Pamela Bevelhymer, RN, BSN, CNOR Controlling post-op pain with fewer opioids is more important than ever. Nabil Elkassabany, MD Philadelphia, Pa.

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