BACKGROUND Prescription opioid use and opioid-related deaths have become an
epidemic in the United States, leading to devastating economic and health ramifications …

Abstract Purpose of Review Social determinants of health (SDH) are factors that affect
patient health outcomes outside the hospital. SDH are “conditions in the environments …

Background Postoperative recovery after total hip arthroplasty (THA) can lead to the
development of prolonged opioid use but there are few tools for predicting this adverse …

BACKGROUND CONTEXT The severity of the opioid epidemic has increased scrutiny of
opioid prescribing practices. Spine surgery is a high-risk episode for sustained …

Background: Since 2016, over half of the states in the United States have passed mandatory
limits on opioid prescriptions, with limited evidence of effectiveness. In this study, we …

IMPORTANCE Preoperative determination of the potential for postoperative opioid
dependence in previously naïve patients undergoing elective spine surgery may facilitate …

ABSTRACT BACKGROUND CONTEXT Prescription opioid abuse is a public health
emergency. Opioid prescriptions for spine patients account for a large proportion of use …

Persistent maladaptive neuroplastic changes secondary to neurotrophic factors and
interactions between neurons and microglia may well explain the phenomenon. This article …

Study Design. Retrospective review of a prospectively maintained multisurgeon registry.
Objective. To study recovery kinetics and associated factors after cervical spine surgery …

Background Machine-learning methods such as the Bayesian belief network, random forest,
gradient boosting machine, and decision trees have been used to develop decision-support …