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VIDEO: Patients consume less than half of opioids prescribed after foot and ankle surgery

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LAS VEGAS — At the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons Annual Meeting, Christopher DiGiovanni, MD, spoke about opioid consumption rates after foot and ankle surgery. He said that, on average, patients consumed less than half of the opioids they were prescribed.