Opioid use after elective spine surgery: Do spine surgery patients consume less than prescribed today?

Opioid use after elective spine surgery: Do spine surgery patients consume less than prescribed today?

Background: The opioid epidemic in the US has led prescribers to reevaluate postoperative pain control particularly in the field of spine surgery, where postoperative analgesia requirements and consumption have historically been high. There is a need to mitigate the quantity of unused pills after su...

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Main Authors: Lindsay D. Orosz, Alexandra E. Thomson, Tarek Yamout, Fenil R. Bhatt, Brandon Allen, Thomas C. Schuler, Rita Roy, Christopher R. Good, Colin M. Haines, Ehsan Jazini
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2022-12-01
Series:North American Spine Society Journal
Subjects:
Opioid
Pain
Overprescribing
Pain management
Spine surgery
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666548422000889

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