This article has been updated with a commentary.
The rate of chronic wound healing is inversely related to opioid use, according to an online study.
“Opioid dose was significantly associated with total wound surface area,” said study author Victoria Shanmugam, MD, associate professor of medicine at the George Washington University School of Medicine & Health Sciences, in Washington, D.C. The study was published in Wound Repair and Regeneration (2016 Nov 16. [Epub ahead of