P147. Opioids and spinal cord stimulators: pre and postoperative opioid use pattern and factors associated with chronic postoperative opioid use

There remains a growing interest in finding alternative ways of treating chronic pain owing to the current opioid epidemic in the United States. Despite the increase in popularity of spinal cord stimulators (SCS) as a non-pharmacologic treatment for pain management, current spine literature lacks insight on patients' postoperative opioid use behavior.

Source: The Spine Journal - August 23, 2019 Category: Orthopaedics Authors: Lawal Labaran, Nikhil Jain, Varun Puvanesarajah, Amit Jain, Jonathan J. Carmouche, Hamid Hassanzadeh Source Type: research