Machine learning for prediction of sustained opioid prescription after anterior cervical discectomy and fusion.

Journal: The spine journal : official journal of the North American Spine Society
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Abstract

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

Authors

  • Aditya V Karhade
    Computational Neurosciences Outcomes Center, Department of Neurosurgery, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
  • Paul T Ogink
  • Quirina C B S Thio
    Q. C. B. S. Thio, A. V. Karhade, P. T. Ogink, K. Raskin, S. Lozano-Calderon, J. H. Schwab, Division of Orthopaedic Oncology, Department of Orthopaedics, Massachusetts General Hospital-Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA K. de Amorim Bernstein, Department of Radiation Oncology, Massachusetts General Hospital-Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.
  • Marike L D Broekman
    Department of Neurosurgery, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands; Computational Neurosciences Outcomes Center, Department of Neurosurgery, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
  • Thomas D Cha
    Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.
  • Stuart H Hershman
    Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.
  • Jianren Mao
    Divison of Pain Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.
  • Wilco C Peul
    2Department of Neurosurgery, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands; and.
  • Andrew J Schoenfeld
    Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.
  • Christopher M Bono
    1Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts.
  • Joseph H Schwab
    Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA. Electronic address: jhschwab@mgh.harvard.edu.