Preoperative Opioid Use is a Robust Predictor of Increased Health Care Utilization Following Lumbar Spine Surgery
Preoperative opioid use is associated with increased postoperative neuromodulator use and a higher risk of long-term opioid persistence following lumbar spine surgery. These findings highlight the need for targeted perioperative interventions to improve surgical outcomes.
Authors
- Srikanth N. Divi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5776-2044)
- Tyler M. Compton (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0984-0634)
- Wellington K. Hsu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9086-6868)
- Rahul Kishore Chaliparambil (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4345-5393)
- Rishi Jain (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4459-5504)
- Mehul Mittal (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8837-0396)
- Shyam Chandrasekar
- Alpesh A. Patel
Institutions
- Northwestern University (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Clinical Spine Surgery A Spine Publication
- Published
- 2026-02-13
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1097/bsd.0000000000002043
- Primary Topic
- Opioid Use Disorder Treatment
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00