Postoperative Pain Control and Opioid Usage Patterns among Patients Undergoing Thyroidectomy and Parathyroidectomy.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To examine opioid-prescribing patterns after endocrine surgery. To evaluate factors associated with postoperative pain and opioid use.

Study design

Cross-sectional.

Setting

Academic university health system.

Subjects and methods

The study sample included 209 patients who underwent total thyroidectomy, hemithyroidectomy, or parathyroidectomy by 4 surgeons between August 2015 and November 2017. Eighty-nine patients completed a phone survey about postoperative pain and opioid use. Prescription, demographic, and comorbidity data were collected retrospectively. Patient characteristics associated with opioid use, use of ≥10 opioid pills, and pain score were identified via chi-square, t test, analysis of variance, or Pearson correlation. Identified factors

SUBMITTER: Tharakan T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6399021 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature