Comparison of Lumbar Fusion for Back Pain and Opioid Use at County and Managed Care Hospitals.

Conclusion: Our study indicates that lumbar fusion is associated with a significant decrease in opioid use (P<.05) compared with nonsurgical management. Overall, the difference in decreased opioid use between county and managed care hospitals after lumbar fusion was not significant. PMID: 31233107 [PubMed - in process]
Source: Journal of the American Osteopathic Association - Category: Complementary Medicine Tags: J Am Osteopath Assoc Source Type: research