Perioperative pain management is a unique challenge in patients undergoing spine surgery
due to the increased incidence of both pre-existing chronic pain conditions and chronic …

Background: Patients undergoing lumbar spine surgery usually suffer from moderate to
severe acute pain. Erector spinae plane block (ESPB) has been applied to relieve acute …

Study Design. Retrospective review of a prospectively maintained multisurgeon registry.
Objective. To study recovery kinetics and associated factors after cervical spine surgery …

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: Persistent opioid use is a common occurrence after surgery and prolonged
exposure to opioids may result in escalation and dependence. The objective of this study …

Abstract Background Context The complication profile and higher cost of care associated
with preoperative opioid use and spinal fusion is well described. However, the burden of …

The use of multimodal analgesia aligns with current pain management guidelines and
addresses public health concerns related to opioid misuse. While effective, these …

Objective To investigate whether early postoperative walking is associated with “best
outcome” and no opioid use at 1 year after lumbar spine surgery and establish a threshold …

Objective The purpose of this study is to determine if increased postoperative prescription
opioid dosing is an isolated predictor of chronic opioid use after anterior cervical diskectomy …

BACKGROUND CONTEXT Best practices in opioid prescribing after elective surgery have
been developed for most surgical subspecialties, including spine. However, some …