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Assessing effect of prescribing fewer opioids after corneal surgery

Peer-Reviewed Publication

JAMA Network

What The Study Did: What the association is between decreasing the number of opioid tablets prescribed to patients after corneal surgery and their opiod use and pain control was the focus of this observational study.

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Authors: Maria A. Woodward, M.D., M.Sc., of the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, is the corresponding author.

(doi:10.1001/jamaophthalmol.2019.4432)

Editor's Note: The article includes conflict of interest and funding/support disclosures. Please see the article for additional information, including other authors, author contributions and affiliations, financial disclosures, funding and support, etc.

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