New Guidelines Slash Opioid Prescriptions After Ear Surgery

The surgical approach to postoperative pain management is undergoing a fundamental transformation, moving away from the reflexive prescription of narcotics toward a more disciplined, multimodal strategy. A new retrospective study published in OTO Open reveals that the implementation of the American Academy of Otolaryngology–Head and Neck Surgery Foundation (AAO-HNSF) guidelines has successfully and rapidly reduced … Read more