Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Volume 89, Issue 6 , Pages 1011-1015 , June 2008

The Relationship Between Repeated Epidural Steroid Injections and Subsequent Opioid Use and Lumbar Surgery

  • Janna Friedly, MD

      Affiliations

    • Departments of Rehabilitation Medicine and Comparative Effectiveness, Costs and Outcomes Research Center, Harborview Medical Center, University of Washington, Seattle, WA
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests to Janna Friedly, MD, Dept of Rehabilitation Medicine and Center for Cost and Outcomes Research, University of Washington, Harborview Medical Center, Box 358740, 325 Ninth Ave, Seattle, WA 98127
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  • Isuta Nishio, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Anesthesiology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA
    • Department of Anesthesiology, Puget Sound VA Health Care System, Seattle, WA.
    • ,
  • Michael J. Bishop, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Anesthesiology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA
    • Department of Anesthesiology, Puget Sound VA Health Care System, Seattle, WA.
    • ,
  • Charles Maynard, PhD

      Affiliations

    • VA Puget Sound Health Care System Epidemiologic Research Information Center and Department of Health Services, University of Washington, Seattle, WA

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 Supported by the National Institutes of Health, Rehabilitation Medicine Scientist K12 Program (grant no. 2K12HD001097-11) and the Office of Research and Development, Puget Sound VA Health Care System, Seattle, WA.

 No commercial party having a direct financial interest in the results of the research supporting this article has or will confer a benefit upon the authors or upon any organization with which the authors are associated.

PII: S0003-9993(08)00168-8

doi: 10.1016/j.apmr.2007.10.037

Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Volume 89, Issue 6 , Pages 1011-1015 , June 2008

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