Current State of Perioperative Buprenorphine Management-A National Provider Survey.

Objectives: Buprenorphine maintenance for opioid use disorder (OUD) can present potential challenges for acute postoperative pain management. Provider practice and consistency of buprenorphine management strategies within institutions are unknown. This study aims to identify how providers nationwide manage patients on buprenorphine when they present for elective surgery.

A Retrospective Analysis of Sacroiliac Joint Pain Interventions: Intraarticular Steroid Injection and Lateral Branch Radiofrequency Neurotomy.

Background: Sacroiliac joint (SIJ) pain is a common etiology of chronic lower back pain. Treatment of persistent sacroiliac joint pain may entail intraarticular steroid injections and lateral branch radiofrequency neurotomy.

Objectives: This study evaluates the efficacy of SIJ intervention treatments by comparing intraarticular steroid injections with lateral branch radiofrequency neurotomy.