Predictive Modeling of Long-Term Opioid and Benzodiazepine Use after Intradural Tumor Resection

Despite increased awareness of the ongoing opioid epidemic, opioid and benzodiazepine use remain high after spine surgery. In particular, long-term co-prescription of opioids and benzodiazepines have been linked to high risk of overdose-associated death. Tumor patients represent a unique subset of spine surgery patients and few studies have attempted to develop predictive models to anticipate long-term opioid and benzodiazepine use after spinal tumor resection.

Source: The Spine Journal - October 13, 2020 Category: Orthopaedics Authors: Michael C. Jin, Allen L. Ho, Austin Y. Feng, Yi Zhang, Victor E. Staartjes, Martin N. Stienen, Summer S. Han, Anand Veeravagu, John K. Ratliff, Atman M. Desai Source Type: research