When Is It Safe to Return to Driving After Spinal Surgery?

Conclusions Based on these findings, it may be acceptable to allow patients having a single-level lumbar fusion who are not taking opioids to return to driving as early as 2 weeks following the spinal surgery.[...]Georg Thieme Verlag KG Stuttgart · New YorkArticle in Thieme eJournals:Table of contents  |  Abstract  |  Full text

Source: Global Spine Journal - February 2, 2015 Category: Orthopaedics Authors: Scott, Trevor P.Pannel, WilliamSavin, DavidNgo, Stephanie S.Ellerman, JessicaToy, KristinDaubs, Michael D.Lu, DanielWang, Jeffrey C. Tags: Original Article Source Type: research