Post-surgical opioid prescribing intended for the short-term management of acute pain may
lead to long-term opioid use. This study was undertaken to determine the prevalence of …

BACKGROUND: Chronic opioid use is a significant public health concern. Surgery is a risk
factor for developing chronic opioid use. Patients undergoing major spine surgery frequently …

Background While persistent opioid use after surgery has been the subject of a large
number of studies, it is unknown how much variability in the definition of persistent use …

Background There are a number of studies in the literature that describe the prevalence,
causes, and factors associated with chronic postoperative opioid use, but there is a lack of …

Objective: We characterized patterns of preoperative opioid use in patients undergoing
elective surgery to identify the relationship between preoperative use and subsequent …

BACKGROUND: Determinants of the duration of opioid use after surgery have not been
reported. We hypothesized that both preoperative psychological distress and substance …

Objective: To determine the effect of nonchronic, periodic preoperative opioid use on
prolonged opioid fills after surgery. Background: Nonchronic, periodic opioid use is …

Objective: To determine the association between persistent post-operative opioid use and
the long-term risk of opioid use disorder and opioid overdose Summary Background Data …

Study Design: Retrospective review. Objective: Our purpose was to evaluate factors
associated with increased risk of prolonged post-operative opioid pain medication usage …

Importance Patterns of preoperative opioid use are not well characterized across different
surgical services, and studies in this patient population have lacked important self-reported …