Impact of opioid use disorder as a safety risk in elective total hip arthroplasty: an imperative for routine
David Maman1,2, Yaniv Steinfeld3,4, Yaron Berkovich3,4
1Carmel Medical Center, Haifa, 3436212, Israel. maman.david@technion.ac.il.
Patient Safety in Surgery
|December 20, 2025
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