Risk Factors for Prolonged Postoperative Opioid Use After Spine Surgery: A Review of Dispensation Trends From a State-run Prescription Monitoring Program.

DISCUSSION: Use of opioid medications at 6 months preoperatively is a risk factor for continued usage and at higher doses 6 months postoperatively. LEVEL OF EVIDENCE: Level III: retrospective cohort study. PMID: 30199478 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: The Journal of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons - Category: Orthopaedics Tags: J Am Acad Orthop Surg Source Type: research