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Simultaneous versus staged bilateral knee arthroplasty: do we impact chronic opioid use?
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  1. Alaa Abd-Elsayed
  1. Anesthesiology Department, University of Wisconsin Madison School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, Wisconsin, USA
  1. Correspondence to Dr Alaa Abd-Elsayed, University of Wisconsin Madison School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, Wisconsin, USA; alaaawny{at}hotmail.com

http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/rapm-2020-102294

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    Wilson et al 1 conducted a retrospective cohort study that included patients who underwent bilateral total knee arthroplasty (BTKA). Then they compared the postoperative chronic opioid use following simultaneous versus staged BTKA. Investigators found no statistically significant difference between both groups in postoperative chronic opioid use.

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      2. Wilson L ,
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      4. Liu J , et al
      . Risk of chronic opioid use after simultaneous versus staged bilateral knee arthroplasty. Reg Anesth Pain Med 2021;46:405–9.doi:10.1136/rapm-2020-102060 pmid:http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33219103
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    • Contributors AA-E is the sole author and contributed to the design and writing of this work.

    • Funding The author has not declared a specific grant for this research from any funding agency in the public, commercial or not-for-profit sectors.

    • Competing interests None declared.

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