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Become a MemberDecember 9, 2025
Does operating location affect postoperative pain management? The latest episode of The Operative Word podcast explores this topic through a discussion with Drs. Ziad Sifri and Matthew Linz on their recent Journal of the American College of Surgeons article. In a conversation with podcast host Dr. Tom Varghese, the authors discussed their findings that surgeons from the US prescribe significantly more opioids after inguinal hernia repair when at home compared with when they operate on short-term surgical trips to low- and middle-income countries (LMICs), despite continued efforts to reduce opioid overprescription in the US.