Table 2: Pre-interventions opioid prescribing and usage patterns and the percentage of opioids used compared to those prescribed.

Type of Surgery

Average MME (± SD)

% Change between taken vs. prescribed

P-value

Prescribed by Surgeons

Taken by Patients

Av Fistula

135.00 (36.74)

6.43 (8.56)

-95.24

0.0000421

Breast Surgery (Lumpectomy, Partial/Total Mastectomy ± SNB)

74.50 (38.99)

26.79 (39.22)

-64.03

0.0011940

Ureteroscopy for Calculus/Stone

82.41 (52.47)

34.72 (37.76)

-57.86

0.0029141

Dilatation & Curettage

0.00 (0.00)

0.00 (0.00)

No Opioids Prescribed

N/A

Dental Extraction

101.04 (54.28)

35.37 (48.32)

-64.99

0.0000419

Fess

150.00 (25.98)

7.50 (6.87)

-95.00

0.0116492

Hand/Joint Surgery

193.00 (143.71)

121.56 (103.20)

-37.01

0.2740255

Knee Arthroscopy/Meniscectomy

242.50 (111.33)

98.75 (122.23)

-59.28

0.0003927

Cholecystectomy

104.57 (50.16)

46.04 (48.78)

-55.97

0.0000020

Laparoscopic Or Open Inguinal Hernia Repair

134.07 (83.20)

50.93 (52.94)

-62.01

0.0000013

Septoplasty

154.44 (50.17)

37.75 (39.23)

-75.56

7.2714e-09

Shoulder Rotator Cuff Repair

458.26 (230.11)

247.30 (209.50)

-46.03

0.0022087

Tonsillectomy

220.91 (126.81)

124.55 (103.05)

-43.62

0.0653383

Total Shoulder Repair

600.00 (N/A N=1)

45.00 (N/A N=1)

-92.50

N/A N=1

Turp

70.33 (52.78)

39.94 (51.88)

-43.21

0.2358073

Varicose Veins

180.00 (0.00)

51.00 (55.75)

-71.67

0.0023777

Average Overall

181.31 (151.05)

60.85 (61.96)

-66.44

0.007893487