Opioid Avoidance in Liver Transplant Recipients: Reduction in Postoperative Opioid Use Through a Multidisciplinary Multimodal Approach
Heather L. Kutzler, Richard Gannon, William Nolan, Leah Meisterling, Marbelia Cech, Danielle Gleason, Justin Uzl, Caroline Rochon, Bejon Maneckshana, Oscar K. Serrano, Jenifer Riley, David O’Sullivan, Eva Urtasun Sotil, Michael Einstein, Patricia Sheiner – 13 July 2020 – The prevalence of substance use disorder in the liver transplantation (LT) population makes postoperative pain management challenging. We report our initial experience with a novel, comprehensive, multidisciplinary opioid avoidance pathway in 13 LT recipients between January 2018 and September 2019.