Point of View: Avoiding Opioids in Patients With Work-related Lumbar Disc Herniation

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Steven J Atlas. Spine (Phila Pa 1976). 2018.

. 2018 Apr 15;43(8):603-604.

doi: 10.1097/BRS.0000000000002434.

¹ Division of General Internal Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA.

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Preoperative Opioid Use is a Predictor of Poor Return to Work in Workers' Compensation Patients After Lumbar Diskectomy.
O'Donnell JA, Anderson JT, Haas AR, Percy R, Woods ST, Ahn UM, Ahn NU. O'Donnell JA, et al. Spine (Phila Pa 1976). 2018 Apr 15;43(8):594-602. doi: 10.1097/BRS.0000000000002385. Spine (Phila Pa 1976). 2018. PMID: 28837531

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