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Papers: 5 Jan 2019 - 11 Jan 2019


Human Studies, Pharmacology/Drug Development


2019 Jun


Spine J


19


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Comparing different chronic preoperative opioid use definitions on outcomes after spine surgery.

Authors

Oleisky ER, Pennings JS, Hills J, Sivaganesan A, Khan I, Call R, Devin CJ, Archer KR
Spine J. 2019 Jun; 19(6):984-994.
PMID: 30611889.

Abstract

No consensus exists for defining chronic preoperative opioid use. Most spine studies rely solely on opioid duration to stratify patients into preoperative risk categories.