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01-02-2019 | OPIOID PRESCRIBING AND PAIN MANAGEMENT / REVIEW ARTICLE

Systemic Complications and Radiographic Findings of Opioid Use and Misuse: An Overview for Orthopedic Surgeons

Authors: Harry G. Greditzer IV, MD, Dustin H. Massel, MD, Carlos M. Barrera, BS, Nisreen S. Ezuddin, MD, Christopher P. Emerson, MS, Jean Jose, DO, MS

Published in: HSS Journal ® | Issue 1/2019

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Abstract

Amid growing concern about the misuse of prescribed opioids, the rising rates of opioid use disorder, and the use of illicit opioids, clinicians in ambulatory, inpatient, and operative environments are encountering opioid-related complications in their patients. These complications can affect multiple organ systems including cardiovascular, pulmonary, gastrointestinal, and neurologic and are related to excess opioid levels in the body or contamination from non-sterile injection. It is important for the orthopedic surgeon to have a general understanding of the pathologies associated with opioid use disorder and their appearance on diagnostic imaging. This article reviews image findings of several complications, organized in a systems-based approach, for the orthopedic surgeon.
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Metadata
Title
Systemic Complications and Radiographic Findings of Opioid Use and Misuse: An Overview for Orthopedic Surgeons
Authors
Harry G. Greditzer IV, MD
Dustin H. Massel, MD
Carlos M. Barrera, BS
Nisreen S. Ezuddin, MD
Christopher P. Emerson, MS
Jean Jose, DO, MS
Publication date
01-02-2019
Publisher
Springer US
Published in
HSS Journal ® / Issue 1/2019
Print ISSN: 1556-3316
Electronic ISSN: 1556-3324
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s11420-018-9649-x

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