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Duration of pre-operative pain linked to chronic opioid use after adult spinal deformity surgery

Duration of pre-operative pain linked to chronic opioid use after adult spinal deformity surgery

In a Johns Hopkins Medicine study of patients who underwent adult spinal deformity (ASD) surgery, pre-operative opioid use and pain duration of four or more years were independently associated with higher odds of chronic post-surgery opioid use.

Source: Medical Xpress

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