Most of the research on enhanced recovery after surgery protocols in the United States has focused on inpatient procedures that traditionally include a lengthy hospital stay, but in an effort to reduce patient exposure to opioids, researchers are starting to apply these protocols to procedures that involve little or no inpatient hospitalization.
“We know that most breast surgery patients who go home with 30 or 40 Percocets [oxycodone-acetaminophen, Endo Pharmaceuticals]