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Home / Publications / Pain Research Forum / Papers of the Week / Chronic opioid use is associated with increased postoperative urinary retention, length of stay and non-routine discharge following lumbar fusion surgery.

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2020 Aug 19


Clin Neurol Neurosurg


http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32854090?dopt=Abstract


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Chronic opioid use is associated with increased postoperative urinary retention, length of stay and non-routine discharge following lumbar fusion surgery.

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Chronic opioid use is associated with increased postoperative urinary retention, length of stay and non-routine discharge following lumbar fusion surgery.
Doherty RJ, Wahood W, Yolcu YU, Zreik J, Goyal A, Gazelka HM, Habermann EB, Sebastian A, Bydon M
Clin Neurol Neurosurg. 2020 Aug 19; 197:106161.
PMID: 32854090.

Abstract

The incidence of chronic opioid use (COU) is increasing with health related complications impacting both patients and healthcare services.
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