Improving hospital care pathways may help reduce inpatient opioid use by 50% and cut the median opioid prescription volumes at discharge to zero in patients undergoing pancreatic cancer surgery, according to a recent study published by Boyev et al in JAMA Surgery. The new findings could help reduce the risk of long-term opioid dependence. Because pancreatic cancer surgery affects multiple organs simultaneously, the procedure is considered one of the most complex abdominal operations and can result in a