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Opioid Use After Elective Otolaryngologic Surgery at a Teaching Institution

Basit A. Jawad, Kevin K. Lam, Colleen F. Cecola and Edward D. McCoul
Ochsner Journal March 2022, 22 (1) 15-21; DOI: https://doi.org/10.31486/toj.21.0054
Basit A. Jawad
1Department of Otolaryngology–Head and Neck Surgery, Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, LA
2Department of Otorhinolaryngology and Communication Sciences, Ochsner Clinic Foundation, New Orleans, LA
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Kevin K. Lam
1Department of Otolaryngology–Head and Neck Surgery, Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, LA
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Colleen F. Cecola
3Louisiana State University School of Medicine, New Orleans, LA
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Edward D. McCoul
1Department of Otolaryngology–Head and Neck Surgery, Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, LA
2Department of Otorhinolaryngology and Communication Sciences, Ochsner Clinic Foundation, New Orleans, LA
4The University of Queensland Faculty of Medicine, Ochsner Clinical School, New Orleans, LA
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