The incidence and healthcare costs of persistent postoperative pain following lumbar spine surgery in the UK: a cohort study using the Clinical Practice Research Datalink (CPRD) and Hospital Episode Statistics (HES).
Sharada WeirMihail SamnalievTzu-Chun KuoCaitriona Ni ChoitirTravis S TierneyDavid CummingJulie BruceAndrea MancaRod S TaylorSam EldabePublished in: BMJ open (2017)
Persistent pain affects more than one-in-five lumbar surgery patients and accounts for substantial long-term healthcare costs. There is a need for formal, evidence-based guidelines for a coherent, coordinated management strategy for patients with continuing pain after lumbar surgery.
Keyphrases
- minimally invasive
- healthcare
- postoperative pain
- coronary artery bypass
- clinical practice
- chronic pain
- end stage renal disease
- pain management
- surgical site infection
- neuropathic pain
- newly diagnosed
- chronic kidney disease
- risk factors
- prognostic factors
- peritoneal dialysis
- cross sectional
- adverse drug
- spinal cord
- patient reported
- drug induced