I read with great interest the article by Cartmill et al.
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The authors performed a retrospective national analysis of pediatric patients undergoing
umbilical hernia repair and concluded that, although many patients do not require
opioids for umbilical hernia repair, most pediatric patients fill opioid prescriptions,
including for prolonged courses and refills. The authors should be applauded for performing
a well-designed study on an important topic (eg, acute pain) in patients undergoing
surgery.
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The need to reduce postoperative opioid prescriptions is an important public health
issue in perioperative medicine.
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Published online: March 27, 2019
Accepted:
February 12,
2019
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- National variation in opioid prescribing after pediatric umbilical hernia repairSurgeryVol. 165Issue 4
- Reply to: Confounding factors on the analysis of opioid prescription after pediatric umbilical hernia repairSurgeryVol. 166Issue 2
- PreviewWe thank Dr. Argo for his interest and for his thoughtful comments on our work.1 There is unquestionably a role for perioperative nonopioid analgesia in reducing the use of opioids after surgery. Although the amount of tissue disruption in pediatric umbilical hernias is generally minimal and local anesthetic and nonnarcotic oral analgesics are—in our experience—highly effective, more sophisticated techniques, such as regional nerve blocks, are increasingly being used in both pediatric and adult surgery.
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