Impact of Tramadol Abuse on Clinical Outcome of Lumbar Discectomy patients'.
CONCLUSION: Tramadol abuse before lumbar discectomy was found to be associated with continued tramadol abuse after surgery and worse functional outcomes following surgery. Surgeons may want to counsel their patients about the potential for inferior clinical outcomes if narcotics were used before surgery.
PMID: 31326535 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Neurotoxicology - Category: Neurology Authors: Hassan Hashisha RK, Ali SM, Awad TE Tags: Neurotoxicology Source Type: research
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