Defining Postoperative Opioid Needs Among Preoperative Opioid Users

To the Editor We read with great interest the work by Scully et al¹ defining the optimal length of opioid prescriptions after common surgical procedures. According to the results, there is not a one-size-fits-all approach for postoperative pain management, and they suggest an optimal length of opioid prescriptions between 4 and 15 days for short-term postoperative pain. However, despite being very informative and timely, we would like to address a few concerns regarding this article.