Surgery Pain Management General Publications

Stone, E. M., Tormohlen, K., Bicket, M. C., & McGinty, E. E. (2024). Support for Expanding Access to Cannabis Among Physicians and Adults With Chronic Pain. JAMA network open, 7(9), e2435843. https://doi.org/10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2024.35843

Ramo, S., Frangakis, S., Waljee, J. F., & Bicket, M. C. (2024). Risk factors for persistent postoperative opioid use: an entity distinct from chronic postsurgical pain. Regional anesthesia and pain medicine, rapm-2024-105599. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1136/rapm-2024-105599

Alessio-Bilowus, D., Luby, A. O., Cooley, S., Evilsizer, S., Seese, E., Bicket, M., & Waljee, J. F. (2024). Perioperative Opioid-Related Harms: Opportunities to Minimize Risk. Seminars in plastic surgery, 38(1), 61–68. https://doi.org/10.1055/s-0043-1778043

Odenigbo, K., Bauer, M., Lai, Y. L., Hu, H. M., Brummett, C. M., Bateman, B. T., Waljee, J. F., & Peahl, A. F. (2024). Patterns of opioid prescription fills in birthing people undergoing vaginal and cesarean birth in the United States. American journal of obstetrics & gynecology MFM, 6(10), 101472. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ajogmf.2024.101472

Latack, Kyle R. MD*; Howard, Ryan MD†,‡,§; Bicket, Mark C. MD, PhD‡,∥; Cooley, Samantha MSW§,¶; Gunaseelan, Vidhya MBA, MS, MHA‡,§; Englesbe, Michael MD‡,§; Waljee, Jennifer MD, MPH, MS†,‡,§. Frailty Status, Not Just Age, is Associated With Postoperative Opioid Consumption: A Retrospective, Population-based Analysis. Annals of Surgery 5(4):p e496, December 2024. | DOI: 10.1097/AS9.0000000000000496

Doctor, J. N., Meeker, D., Fox, C. R., Persell, S. D., Wagner, Z., Bouskill, K. E., Zanocco, K. A., Romanelli, R. J., Brummett, C. M., Kirkegaard, A., & Watkins, K. E. (2024). A call for community-shared decisions. BMJ evidence-based medicine, bmjebm-2023-112641. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjebm-2023-112641

Frangakis, S. G., & Brummett, C. M. (2024). Painstaking Progress: A Call for Comprehensive Research and Consistent Outcome Measures of Postsurgical Pain. Anesthesiology, 141(2), 211–213. https://doi.org/10.1097/ALN.0000000000005072

Bicket, M. C., Wick, E. C., & Wu, C. L. (2024). Beyond the block: evaluation of epidurals on length of stay. Regional anesthesia and pain medicine, 49(7), 469–470. https://doi.org/10.1136/rapm-2024-105456

Govier, D. J., Bui, D. P., Hauschildt, K. E., Eaton, T. L., McCready, H., Smith, V. A., Osborne, T. F., Bowling, C. B., Boyko, E. J., Ioannou, G. N., Maciejewski, M. L., O'Hare, A. M., Viglianti, E. M., Bohnert, A. S. B., Hynes, D. M., & Iwashyna, T. J. (2024). Financial hardship after COVID-19 infection among US Veterans: a national prospective cohort study. BMC health services research, 24(1), 943. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12913-024-11421-1

Wu, C. L., Bicket, M. C., & Memtsoudis, S. G. (2024). Does regional anesthesia lead to superior perioperative patient outcomes? Challenges and opportunities in study design. Regional anesthesia and pain medicine, rapm-2024-105620. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1136/rapm-2024-105620

Bicket, M. C., Stone, E. M., Tormohlen, K., Pierre, R., & McGinty, E. E. (2024). Access to care for patients with chronic pain receiving prescription opioids, cannabis, or other treatments. Health affairs scholar, 2(6), qxae086. https://doi.org/10.1093/haschl/qxae086

Bicket, M. C., Chua, K. P., Lagisetty, P., Li, Y., Waljee, J. F., Brummett, C. M., & Nguyen, T. D. (2024). Prevalence of Surgery Among Individuals in the United States. Annals of surgery open : perspectives of surgical history, education, and clinical approaches, 5(2), e421. https://doi.org/10.1097/AS9.0000000000000421

Lee JS, Hu HM, Edelman AL, et al. New Persistent Opioid Use Among Patients With Cancer After Curative-Intent Surgery. J Clin Oncol. 2017;35(36):4042-4049. doi:10.1200/JCO.2017.74.1363

Burns, M. L., Hilliard, P., Vandervest, J., Mentz, G., Josifoski, A., Varghese, J., Fisher, C., Kheterpal, S., Shah, N., & Bicket, M. C. (2024). Variation in Intraoperative Opioid Administration by Patient, Clinician, and Hospital Contribution. JAMA network open, 7(1), e2351689. https://doi.org/10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2023.51689

Rosenthal, L., Gunaseelan, V., Waljee, J., Bicket, M., Englesbe, M., & Howard, R. (2024). Association Of Opioid Prescribing And Consumption With Patient-Reported Experiences And Satisfaction Following Emergency Surgery In Michigan. Annals of surgery, 10.1097/SLA.0000000000006264. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1097/SLA.0000000000006264

Dawson, Z., Stanton, S. S., Roy, S., Farjo, R., Aslesen, H. A., Hallstrom, B. R., & Bicket, M. C. (2024). Opioid Consumption After Discharge From Total Knee and Hip Arthroplasty: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. The Journal of arthroplasty, 39(8), 2130–2136.e7. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.arth.2024.01.063

Bennett KG, Kelley BP, Vick AD, et al. Persistent Opioid Use and High-Risk Prescribing in Body Contouring Patients. Plast Reconstr Surg. 2019;143(1):87-96. doi:10.1097/PRS.0000000000005084

Gossett TD, Finney FT, Hu HM, et al. New Persistent Opioid Use and Associated Risk Factors Following Treatment of Ankle Fractures. Foot Ankle Int. 2019;40(9):1043-1051. doi:10.1177/1071100719851117

Billig, J. I., Bicket, M. C., Yazdanfar, M., Gunaseelan, V., Sears, E. D., Brummett, C. M., & Waljee, J. F. (2024). Cohort study of new off-label gabapentin prescribing in chronic opioid users. Regional anesthesia and pain medicine, 49(2), 88–93. https://doi.org/10.1136/rapm-2023-104613

Gil JA, Gunaseelan V, DeFroda SF, Brummett CM, Bedi A, Waljee JF. Risk of Prolonged Opioid Use Among Opioid-Naïve Patients After Common Shoulder Arthroscopy Procedures. Am J Sports Med. 2019;47(5):1043-1050. doi:10.1177/0363546518819780

Finney FT, Gossett TD, Hu HM, et al. New Persistent Opioid Use Following Common Forefoot Procedures for the Treatment of Hallux Valgus. J Bone Joint Surg Am. 2019;101(8):722-729. doi:10.2106/JBJS.18.00793

Brescia AA, Waljee JF, Hu HM, et al. Impact of Prescribing on New Persistent Opioid Use After Cardiothoracic Surgery. Ann Thorac Surg. 2019;108(4):1107-1113. doi:10.1016/j.athoracsur.2019.06.019

Lee JS, Vu JV, Edelman AL, et al. Health Care Spending and New Persistent Opioid Use After Surgery. Ann Surg. 2020;272(1):99-104. doi:10.1097/SLA.0000000000003399

Billig JI, Sears ED, Gunaseelan V, et al. Inappropriate Preoperative Gabapentinoid Use Among Patients With Carpal Tunnel Syndrome. J Hand Surg Am. 2020;45(8):677-689.e5. doi:10.1016/j.jhsa.2020.04.011

Southren DL, Moser S, Abu-Amara H, et al. Opioid Fills for Lumbar Facet Radiofrequency Ablation Associated with New Persistent Opioid Use. Anesthesiology. 2020;132(5):1165-1174. doi:10.1097/ALN.0000000000003164

Delaney LD, Gunaseelan V, Rieck H, Dupree JM 4th, Hallstrom BR, Waljee JF. High-Risk Prescribing Increases Rates of New Persistent Opioid Use in Total Hip Arthroplasty Patients [published online ahead of print, 2020 Apr 14]. J Arthroplasty. 2020;S0883-5403(20)30349-1. doi:10.1016/j.arth.2020.04.019

Finney FT, Gossett TD, Hu HM, et al. Rate of Opioid Prescriptions for Patients With Acute Ankle Sprain. Ann Intern Med. 2019;171(6):441-443. doi:10.7326/M19-0679

Brescia AA, Harrington CA, Mazurek AA, et al. Factors Associated With New Persistent Opioid Usage After Lung Resection. Ann Thorac Surg. 2019;107(2):363-368. doi:10.1016/j.athoracsur.2018.08.057

Howard RA; Gunaseelan, V; Brummett CM; Waljee, JF; Englesbe MJ; Telem D. New Persistent Opioid Use After Inguinal Hernia Repair. Annals of Surgery. Published Online 15 October 2020 DOI: 10.1097/SLA.0000000000004560

Keller DS, Kenney BC, Harbaugh CM, Waljee JF, Brummett CM. A national evaluation of opioid prescribing and persistent use after ambulatory anorectal surgery. Surgery. Published Online 4 December 2020. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.surg.2020.11.006

Cron DC, Tincopa MA, Lee JS, Waljee AK, Hammoud A, Brummett CM, Waljee JF, Englesbe MJ, MD, and Sonnenday CJ. Prevalence and Patterns of Opioid Use Before and After Liver Transplantation. Transplantation. Published online 1 January 2021. DOI: 10.1097/TP.0000000000003155

Hur J; Tang S; Gunaseelan V; Vu J; Brummett CM; Englesbe MJ; Waljee JF; Wiens J. Predicting postoperative opioid use with machine learning and insurance claims in opioid-naïve patients. American Journal of Surgery. Published online 26 March 2021. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.amjsurg.2021.03.058

Ung C; Yonekawa Y; Waljee JF; Gunaseelan V; Lai Y; Woodward MA. Persistent Opioid Use After Ophthalmic Surgery in Opioid-Naive Patients and Associated Risk Factors. Ophthalmology. Published online 22 April 2021. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ophtha.2021.04.021

Cho HE, Billig JI, Byrnes ME, Nasser JS, Kocheril AP, Haase SC, Waljee JF, Chung KC. A Qualitative Study of Patient Protection against Postoperative Opioid Addiction: A Thematic Analysis of Self-Agency. Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery. Published online 1 May 2021. DOI: 10.1097/PRS.0000000000007841

Berkowitz R, Vu J, Brummett C, Waljee J, Englesbe M, Howard R. The Impact of Complications and Pain on Patient Satisfaction. Annals of Surgery. Published online 1 June 2021. DOI: 10.1097/SLA.0000000000003621

Brown CS; Osborne NH; Hu HM; Coleman D; Englesbe MJ; Waljee JF; Brummett CM; Vemuri C. Endovascular surgery is not protective against new persistent opioid use development compared to open vascular surgery. Vascular. Published online 15 June 2021. DOI: 10.1177/17085381211024514

Baker RC, Brown CS, Montgomery JR, Mouch CA, Kenney BC, Englesbe MJ, Waljee JF, Hemmila MR. Effect of injury location and severity on opioid use after trauma. The Journal of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery. Published online 1 July 2021. DOI: 10.1097/TA.0000000000003138

Simha, S., Ahmed, Y., Brummett, C. M., Waljee, J. F., Englesbe, M. J., & Bicket, M. C. (2022). Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on opioid overdose and other adverse events in the USA and Canada: a systematic review. Regional anesthesia and pain medicine, rapm-2022-104169. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1136/rapm-2022-104169

Fernandez, A. C., Bohnert, A., Gunaseelan, V., Motamed, M., Waljee, J. F., & Brummett, C. M. (2022). Identifying Persistent Opioid Use After Surgery: The Reliability of Pharmacy Dispensation Databases. Annals of surgery, 10.1097/SLA.0000000000005529. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1097/SLA.0000000000005529

Nguyen, S. N., Hassett, A. L., Hu, H. M., Brummett, C. M., Bicket, M. C., Carlozzi, N. E., & Waljee, J. F. (2022). Prospective cohort study on the trajectory and association of perioperative anxiety and postoperative opioid-related outcomes. Regional anesthesia and pain medicine, 47(10), 637–642. https://doi.org/10.1136/rapm-2022-103742

Billig, J. I., Gunaseelan, V., Yazdanfar, M., Sears, E. D., Iwashyna, T. J., Chang, T., & Waljee, J. F. (2022). Gabapentinoid Prescribing for Carpal Tunnel Syndrome. Hand (New York, N.Y.), 15589447211063544. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1177/15589447211063544

Stuart, A. R., Kuck, K., Naik, B. I., Saager, L., Pace, N. L., Domino, K. B., Posner, K. L., Alpert, S. B., Kheterpal, S., Sinha, A. K., Brummett, C. M., Durieux, M. E., & the MPOG EOS Investigator Group (2020). Multicenter Perioperative Outcomes Group Enhanced Observation Study Postoperative Pain Profiles, Analgesic Use, and Transition to Chronic Pain and Excessive and Prolonged Opioid Use Patterns Methodology. Anesthesia and analgesia, 130(6), 1702–1708. https://doi.org/10.1213/ANE.0000000000004568

Delaney, L. D., Clauw, D. J., & Waljee, J. F. (2020). The Management of Acute Pain for Musculoskeletal Conditions: The Challenges of Opioids and Opportunities for the Future. The Journal of bone and joint surgery. American volume, 102 Suppl 1(Suppl 1), 3–9. https://doi.org/10.2106/JBJS.20.00228

Barth, R. J., Jr, & Waljee, J. F. (2020). Classification of Opioid Dependence, Abuse, or Overdose in Opioid-Naive Patients as a "Never Event". JAMA surgery, 155(7), 543–544. https://doi.org/10.1001/jamasurg.2020.0432

Roberts, K. C., Moser, S. E., Collins, A. C., McCardel, B. R., Schultz, K. A., Schaffer, N. E., Tramer, J. S., Carpenter, C. A., Pierce, J. M., Edwards, A., Dubois, K. M., & Brummett, C. M. (2020). Prescribing and Consumption of Opioids After Primary, Unilateral Total Hip and Knee Arthroplasty in Opioid-Naive Patients. The Journal of arthroplasty, 35(4), 960–965.e1. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.arth.2019.08.036

Brummett, C. M., & Myles, P. S. (2020). Opioid discontinuation after surgery. British journal of anaesthesia, 124(5), 502–503. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bja.2020.01.009

Davies, B., & Brummett, C. M. (2020). Anchoring to Zero Exposure: Opioid-free Minimally Invasive Surgery. Annals of surgery, 271(1), 37–38. https://doi.org/10.1097/SLA.0000000000003379

Cron, D. C., Dupree, J. M., Brummett, C. M., & Waljee, J. F. (2019). Response to Comment on "Consider Culture, Provider Characteristics Associated With Outpatient Opioid Prescribing After Surgery". Annals of surgery, 270(6), e93–e94. https://doi.org/10.1097/SLA.0000000000003542

Somers, E. C., Lee, J., Hassett, A. L., Zick, S. M., Harlow, S. D., Helmick, C. G., Barbour, K. E., Gordon, C., Brummett, C. M., Minhas, D., Padda, A., Wang, L., McCune, W. J., & Marder, W. (2019). Prescription Opioid Use in Patients With and Without Systemic Lupus Erythematosus - Michigan Lupus Epidemiology and Surveillance Program, 2014-2015. MMWR. Morbidity and mortality weekly report, 68(38), 819–824. https://doi.org/10.15585/mmwr.mm6838a2

Frangakis, S. G., Kavalakatt, B., Gunaseelan, V., Lai, Y., Waljee, J., Englesbe, M., Brummett, C. M., & Bicket, M. C. (2024). The Association of Preoperative Opioid Use with Post-Discharge Outcomes: A Cohort Study of the Michigan Surgical Quality Collaborative. Annals of surgery, 10.1097/SLA.0000000000006265. Advance online publication.

Hallway, A., Vu, J., Lee, J., Palazzolo, W., Waljee, J., Brummett, C., Englesbe, M., & Howard, R. (2019). Patient Satisfaction and Pain Control Using an Opioid-Sparing Postoperative Pathway. Journal of the American College of Surgeons, 229(3), 316–322. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2019.04.020

Goesling, J., DeJonckheere, M., Pierce, J., Williams, D. A., Brummett, C. M., Hassett, A. L., & Clauw, D. J. (2019). Opioid cessation and chronic pain: perspectives of former opioid users. Pain, 160(5), 1131–1145. https://doi.org/10.1097/j.pain.0000000000001493

Brescia, A. A., Harrington, C. A., Waljee, J. F., & Lagisetty, K. H. (2019). Reply. The Annals of thoracic surgery, 107(6), 1915–1916. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.athoracsur.2018.12.050

Brummett, C. M., Moser, S. E., & Nallamothu, B. K. (2019). Errors in Analysis in Study of New Persistent Opioid Use After Surgery. JAMA surgery, 154(3), 268–269. https://doi.org/10.1001/jamasurg.2018.5299

Chua, K. P., Brummett, C. M., & Waljee, J. F. (2019). Opioid Prescribing Limits for Acute Pain: Potential Problems With Design and Implementation. JAMA, 321(7), 643–644. https://doi.org/10.1001/jama.2019.0010

Noureldin, M., Higgins, P. D. R., Govani, S. M., Cohen-Mekelburg, S., Kenney, B. C., Stidham, R. W., Waljee, J. F., & Waljee, A. K. (2019). Incidence and predictors of new persistent opioid use following inflammatory bowel disease flares treated with oral corticosteroids. Alimentary pharmacology & therapeutics, 49(1), 74–83. https://doi.org/10.1111/apt.15023

Hilliard, P. E., Waljee, J., Moser, S., Metz, L., Mathis, M., Goesling, J., Cron, D., Clauw, D. J., Englesbe, M., Abecasis, G., & Brummett, C. M. (2018). Prevalence of Preoperative Opioid Use and Characteristics Associated With Opioid Use Among Patients Presenting for Surgery. JAMA surgery, 153(10), 929–937. https://doi.org/10.1001/jamasurg.2018.2102

Kanzawa-Lee, G. A., Harte, S. E., Bridges, C. M., Brummett, C., Clauw, D. J., Williams, D. A., Knoerl, R., & Lavoie Smith, E. M. (2018). Pressure Pain Phenotypes in Women Before Breast Cancer Treatment. Oncology nursing forum, 45(4), 483–495. https://doi.org/10.1188/18.ONF.483-495

Bennett, K. G., Kelley, B. P., Gunaseelan, V., & Waljee, J. F. (2018). Abstract 32: Persistent Opioid Use in Body Contouring Patients. Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery Global Open, 6(4 Suppl), 25. https://doi.org/10.1097/01.GOX.0000533897.57033.f1

Marcusa, D. P., Mann, R. A., Cron, D. C., Fillinger, B. R., Rzepecki, A. K., Kozlow, J. H., Momoh, A., Englesbe, M., Brummett, C., & Waljee, J. F. (2017). Prescription Opioid Use among Opioid-Naive Women Undergoing Immediate Breast Reconstruction. Plastic and reconstructive surgery, 140(6), 1081–1090. https://doi.org/10.1097/PRS.0000000000003832

Waljee, J. F., Li, L., Brummett, C. M., & Englesbe, M. J. (2017). Iatrogenic Opioid Dependence in the United States: Are Surgeons the Gatekeepers?. Annals of surgery, 265(4), 728–730. https://doi.org/10.1097/SLA.0000000000001904

Waljee J. F. (2017). Reply: The Use of Opioid Analgesics following Common Upper Extremity Surgical Procedures: A National, Population-Based Study. Plastic and reconstructive surgery, 139(2), 578e. https://doi.org/10.1097/PRS.0000000000002997

Goesling, J., Moser, S. E., Lin, L. A., Hassett, A. L., Wasserman, R. A., & Brummett, C. M. (2018). Discrepancies Between Perceived Benefit of Opioids and Self-Reported Patient Outcomes. Pain medicine (Malden, Mass.), 19(2), 297–306. https://doi.org/10.1093/pm/pnw263

Johnson, S. P., Chung, K. C., Zhong, L., Shauver, M. J., Engelsbe, M. J., Brummett, C., & Waljee, J. F. (2016). Risk of Prolonged Opioid Use Among Opioid-Naïve Patients Following Common Hand Surgery Procedures. The Journal of hand surgery, 41(10), 947–957.e3. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhsa.2016.07.113

Goesling, J., Moser, S. E., Zaidi, B., Hassett, A. L., Hilliard, P., Hallstrom, B., Clauw, D. J., & Brummett, C. M. (2016). Trends and predictors of opioid use after total knee and total hip arthroplasty. Pain, 157(6), 1259–1265. https://doi.org/10.1097/j.pain.0000000000000516

Waljee, J. F., Zhong, L., Hou, H., Sears, E., Brummett, C., & Chung, K. C. (2016). The Use of Opioid Analgesics following Common Upper Extremity Surgical Procedures: A National, Population-Based Study. Plastic and reconstructive surgery, 137(2), 355e–364e. https://doi.org/10.1097/01.prs.0000475788.52446.7b

Anderson, T. A., Quaye, A. N. A., Ward, E. N., Wilens, T. E., Hilliard, P. E., & Brummett, C. M. (2017). To Stop or Not, That Is the Question: Acute Pain Management for the Patient on Chronic Buprenorphine. Anesthesiology, 126(6), 1180–1186. https://doi.org/10.1097/ALN.0000000000001633

Larach, D. B., Sahara, M. J., As-Sanie, S., Moser, S. E., Urquhart, A. G., Lin, J., Hassett, A. L., Wakeford, J. A., Clauw, D. J., Waljee, J. F., & Brummett, C. M. (2021). Patient Factors Associated With Opioid Consumption in the Month Following Major Surgery. Annals of surgery, 273(3), 507–515. https://doi.org/10.1097/SLA.0000000000003509

Shen, M. R., & Waljee, J. F. (2019). Enhanced Recovery After Surgery Protocols: Can They Reduce Postoperative Opioid Use?. Annals of surgery, 270(6), e72. https://doi.org/10.1097/SLA.0000000000003475