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Assessment of Surgical Complications Strengthen the Relationship Between Spine Surgery Procedure Intensity and Chronic Opioid Use After Surgery.
Spine (Phila Pa 1976)
November 2024
Army-Baylor Doctoral Program in Physical Therapy, Medical Department Center of Excellence, Fort Sam Houston, TX.
Article Synopsis
- A prospective cohort study was conducted to analyze opioid use after spine surgery, comparing low-intensity and high-intensity procedures using health data from a military hospital.
- The study found that patients undergoing high-intensity surgeries required more opioid prescriptions and had a longer total days' supply of opioids post-surgery compared to those with low-intensity surgeries.
- However, while chronic opioid use rates post-surgery were higher for the high-intensity group after adjusting for complications, overall long-term opioid usage did not show significant differences when factoring in pre-operative usage.
Introduction: The Head Shake Sensory Organization Test (HS-SOT) assesses postural stability while the head is moving and may also identify deficits in attention associated with the dual task conditions of moving the head at a specified speed while maintaining balance. Normative values for the HS-SOT have not been established in a healthy military population or other highly trained populations such as athletes. Establishing normative values in a military population will enable clinicians to compare the scores of patients with medical conditions that affect postural stability and sensory integration such as concussion or traumatic brain injury, vestibular dysfunction, or migraine to those of a healthy population to determine a need for intervention and for return to duty considerations.
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