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ArticleEuropean spine journal : official publication of the European Spine Society, the European Spinal Deformity Society, and the European Section of the Cervical Spine Research Society2025

Answer to Letter to the Editor of L. Dai, et al. concerning "The association between postoperative physical therapy and opioid prescription after posterior lumbar interbody fusion: a retrospective cohort study of United States academic health centers" by Baumann AN, et al. (Eur Spine J [2025]: doi: 10.1007/s00586-025-08824-x).

Anthony N Baumann, Robert J Trager, Omkar Anaspure, Maria LaMontagne, Gordon Preston, Keegan T Conry, Jacob C Hoffmann

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Article in European spine journal : official publication of the European Spine Society, the European Spinal Deformity Society, and the European Section of the Cervical Spine Research Society, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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2citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

2 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors.

Anthony N BaumannDepartment of Orthopaedic Surgery, Cleveland Clinic Akron General, Akron, OH, USA. abaumann@neomed.edu.
Robert J TragerConnor Whole Health, University Hospitals, Cleveland, OH, USA.
Omkar AnaspurePerelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
Maria LaMontagneDepartment of Orthopaedic Surgery, Cleveland Clinic Akron General, Akron, OH, USA.
Gordon PrestonDepartment of Orthopaedic Surgery, Cleveland Clinic Akron General, Akron, OH, USA.
Keegan T ConryDepartment of Orthopaedic Surgery, Cleveland Clinic Akron General, Akron, OH, USA.
Jacob C HoffmannDepartment of Orthopaedic Surgery, Cleveland Clinic Akron General, Akron, OH, USA.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

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PMID40659963

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