Dr. Della Valle’s Manuscript One of Top Three Abstracts for 2019 Rush Surgical Society Annual Meeting

Dr. Della Valle’s manuscript, “Large Opioid Prescriptions Are Unnecessary After Total Joint Arthroplasty: A Randomized Controlled Trial” has been awarded one of the top three abstracts for the 2019 Rush Surgical Society Annual Meeting.

About the manuscript: A majority of patients in the United States receive over 90 opioid pills after hip or knee replacement surgery. The results from this study found that these large opioid prescriptions are unnecessary as they leave patients with an excess of unused opioid pills. A smaller prescription of 30 opioid pills is sufficient for a majority of patients undergoing hip or knee replacement.