Fig. 2

The figure depicts the results of curve-fitting analysis investigating the impact of daily opioid medication dosage on postoperative pain score. It reveals a nonlinear correlation, as indicated by a significant p-value for nonlinearity (p = 0.047). Notably, the patient’s postoperative pain score exhibits the steepest decline when the average daily opioid dosage ranges between 37.5 and 50 mg