Association of surgical approach and prolonged opioid prescriptions in patients undergoing major pelvic cancer procedures.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The rise in deaths attributed to opioid drugs has become a major public health problem in the United States and in the world. Minimally invasive surgery (MIS) is associated with a faster postoperative recovery and our aim was to investigate if the use of MIS was associated with lower odds of prolonged opioid prescriptions after major procedures.

Methods

Retrospective study using the IBM Watson Health Marketscan® Commerical Claims and Encounters Database investigating opioid-naïve cancer patients aged 18-64 who underwent open versus MIS radical prostatectomy (RP), partial colectomy (PC) or hysterectomy (HYS) from 2012 to 2017. Propensity weighted logistic regression analyses were used to estimate the independent effect of surgical approach on prolonged opioid presc

SUBMITTER: Krimphove MJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7557098 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature