ArticleGlobal spine journal2024
The Drivers of Persistent Opioid Use and Its Impact on Healthcare Utilization After Elective Spine Surgery.
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- The persistence of chronic opioid use in patients with inflammatory bowel disease-A nationwide cohort study.British journal of clinical pharmacology · 2026Article
- Prevalence, Trajectories, and Predictors of Persistent Postoperative Opioid Use in a Swiss University Hospital: A Prospective Observational Study.Journal of pain research · 2026Article
- Explainable machine learning to predict prolonged post-operative opioid use in rotator cuff patients.BMC musculoskeletal disorders · 2025Article
- Do Diabetes and Genetic Polymorphisms in theJournal of clinical medicine · 2025Article
- Preoperative Opioid Misuse Associations With Delayed Opioid Cessation, Pain, and Negative Affect After Spine Surgery.Neurospine · 2025Article
- Opioid Treatment Is Associated with Recurrent Healthcare Visits, Increased Side Effects, and Pain.The western journal of emergency medicine · 2024Observational
- Postoperative opioid prescribing patients with diabetes: Opportunities for personalized pain management.PloS one · 2023Observational
- Identifying high healthcare utilizers following cervical spine surgery using comprehensive predictive modeling techniques.Journal of craniovertebral junction & spineArticle
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Abstract
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designRetrospective cohort study.
objectiveThe aim of this study was to determine the incidence of and risk factors for persistent opioid use after elective cervical and lumbar spine procedures and to quantify postoperative healthcare utilization in this patient population.
methodsPatients were retrospectively identified who underwent elective spine surgery for either cervical or lumbar degenerative pathology between November 1, 2013, and September 30, 2018, at a single academic center. Patients were split into 2 cohorts, including patients with and without opioid use at 180-days postoperatively. Baseline patient demographics, underlying comorbidities, surgical variables, and preoperative/postoperative opioid use were assessed. Health resource utilization metrics within 1 year postoperatively (ie, imaging studies, emergency and urgent care visits, hospital readmissions, opioid prescriptions, etc.) were compared between these 2 groups.
results583 patients met inclusion criteria, of which 16.6% had opioid persistence after surgery. Opioid persistence was associated with ASA score ≥3 (P = .004), diabetes (
conclusionsOpioid persistence is associated with higher rates of health care utilization within 1 year after elective spine surgery.
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