Table 3: Postoperative opioid use.

 

Control (n = 80)

SST (n = 47)

Patients Requiring Postoperative Opioids

63.0%

10.6%†

Postoperative Total Opioid Dose(MME; mean ± SEM)a

4.4 ± 0.5 mg

0.9 ± 0.4 mg‡

aIncludes IV and oral opioids administered in the post-anesthesia care unit;

†p < 0.001 via Chi Square Test;

‡p < 0.001 via Student’s T Test;

MME: Morphine milligram equivalents; SEM: Standard error of the mean.