Objective. To compare postoperative narcotic consumption between multimodal analgesia
(MMA) and patient-controlled analgesia (PCA) after an anterior cervical discectomy and …

Study Design. Retrospective review of electronic medical records (EMR). Objective. This
study aims to (1) characterize the pattern of opioid utilization in patients undergoing spine …

Opioids are commonly prescribed postoperatively for pain control, especially in spine
surgery. Not only does this pose concerns for potential abuse, but it also has been shown to …

BACKGROUND CONTEXT The severity of the opioid epidemic has increased scrutiny of
opioid prescribing practices. Spine surgery is a high-risk episode for sustained …

Objective Inappropriate opioid use resulted in 68% of all US drug overdoses in 2017—
nearly 75% of all opioid deaths—costing $80 billion per year. It is imperative to understand …

Study Design. Prognostic Study, Level II (Retrospective review of prospectively collected
data). Objective. To identify an association between preoperative narcotic use and clinical …

Study Design. Retrospective cohort study. Objective. To evaluate prescription opioid use
after lumbar fusion for degenerative disc disease in a workers' compensation (WC) setting …

Study Design. Retrospective cohort utilizing the National Inpatient Sample (NIS) 2003 to
2014. Objective. To investigate the association of opioid dependence with prolonged length …

Study Design. Single-institution retrospective cohort study. Objective. To determine whether
prescribing practices at discharge are associated with opioid dependence (OD) in patients …

BACKGROUND: Many patients receive prescription opioids at hospital discharge after
surgery, yet little is known regarding how often these opioids go unused. We estimated the …