Ophthalmologists are not spared from the opioid epidemic. Recent studies have shown that opioids continue to be prescribed after ophthalmic surgeries. Dr. Drew Carey interviews Dr. Matthew R. Starr on his retrospective study published in Ophthalmology, “Hospitalization, Overdose, and Mortality After Opioid Prescriptions Tied to Ophthalmic Surgery.”
Hospitalization, Overdose, and Mortality After Opioid Prescriptions Tied to Ophthalmic Surgery. Thao, Viengneesee et al. Ophthalmology, Volume 131, Issue 8, 943 – 949.
Join Ophthalmology’s Editor-in-Chief, Russell Van Gelder, as he presents “The Year in Literature: Editor’s Choice Highlights From the Ophthalmology Journal Family” in Chicago at AAO 2024 on Sunday October 20, 2024, at 2pm local time in McCormick Place South Building Room S406A. Search “SYM48” in the Mobile Meeting Guide for more information.