Minimally Invasive Versus Open Transforaminal Lumbar Interbody Fusion Surgery: An Analysis of Opioids, Nonopioid Analgesics, and Perioperative Characteristics.

Global Spine J · 2019 · PMC6693068 · PMID 31448196

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Despite this, and nearly identical amounts of morphine equivalents at discharge prescription (764 vs 784, P = .87), we found that open TLIF had a higher rate of postoperative outpatient opiate use, which was significant at 3 months, and tended toward significance at 6 weeks and 6 months.

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