Does opioid pain medication use affect the outcome of patients with lumbar disc herniation?

Spine

Volumn 38, Issue 14, 2013, Pages

  Radcliff, Kristen ^a   Freedman, Mitchell ^a   Hilibrand, Alan ^a   Isaac, Roman ^a   Lurie, Jon D ^b   Zhao, Wenyan ^b   Vaccaro, Alex ^a   Albert, Todd ^a   Weinstein, James N ^b  

^a THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b DARTMOUTH MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Disc herniation; Lumbar; Opioid; Outcomes

Indexed keywords

NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; OPIATE;

ADULT; ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE EXACERBATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTERVERTEBRAL DISKECTOMY; LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBAR DISK HERNIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PATIENT COUNSELING; PATIENT EDUCATION; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; ANALGESICS, OPIOID; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INTERVERTEBRAL DISC DISPLACEMENT; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84880054043     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: 15281159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BRS.0b013e3182959e4e     Document Type: Article

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