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Postoperative opioid overdoses by surgery type. The proportion of patients with postoperative opioid overdoses following different surgical procedures. The highest risk occurred following pneumonectomy (1.8/1000), followed by spinal fusion (1.2/1000). This figure was adapted from the study by Cauley et al. [24].
