Purchases of analgesics before and after spine surgery – register based study of 152,829 Finnish patients with 15-year follow-up
Spine surgery decreased the purchases of analgesics compared to the immediate preoperative level, but postoperative purchases remained higher than preoperative if years before and after surgery are considered.
Authors
- Joonas Sirola (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6761-8276)
- Jukka Huopio
- Reijo Sund (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6268-8117)
- Jyrki Salmenkivi
- Timo Nyyssönen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3997-4825)
- Ville Turppo (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1101-2168)
- Henri Mononen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0000-2403-0093)
- Antti Malmivaara (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9042-4450)
- Heikki Kröger
Institutions
- University of Helsinki (FI)
- University of Eastern Finland (FI)
- Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare (FI)
- Kuopio University Hospital (FI)
- Invalidisäätiö (FI)
- Coxa Hospital (FI)
Publication Details
- Journal
- European Spine Journal
- Published
- 2025-10-28
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1007/s00586-025-09509-1
- Primary Topic
- Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- Itä-Suomen Yliopisto
- Kuopion Yliopistollinen Sairaala