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Post-Op Painkillers Tied to Deaths After Spinal Fusion
A new study links painkillers to one in five deaths among people who have had spinal fusion surgery (also known as lumbar fusion) to help relieve lower back pain.
Among this group, middle-aged men with degenerative disc disease (DDD) ran a sevenfold greater risk of either accidental or suicidal analgesic poisoning compared to the other surgical [...]
Posted: July 30th, 2009 under Lumbar, Spine.
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