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Directed Opioid Reduction after Pancreatectomy Has Positive Impact on Analgesia after Hepatectomy

April 8, 2025

Pathway-driven, postpancreatectomy opioid reduction interventions have proven effective and sustainable and may have a “halo effect” on other major abdominal cancer operations. Listen to Dr. Brittany Fields discuss her recent Journal of the American College of Surgeons (JACS) article, which determined that directed opioid reduction efforts for pancreatectomy can influence clinically meaningful posthepatectomy reductions in inpatient and discharge opioid volumes.

Access to JACS is a benefit of ACS membership.

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