In Spite of Limited Generalizability, New Findings Reinforce the Lesson That Long-Term Opioid Use Is Not Attributable to Surgical Pain: Commentary on an article by Andrew J. Schoenfeld, MD, MSc, et al.: "Risk Factors for Prolonged Opioid Use Following Spine Surgery, and the Association with Surgical Intensity, Among Opioid-Naive Patients"
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doi: 10.2106/JBJS.17.00519.