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

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 l...

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Main Authors: Marieke J. Krimphove, Xi Chen, Maya Marchese, David F. Friedlander, Adam C. Fields, Lina Roa, Daniel Pucheril, Adam S. Kibel, Nelya Melnitchouk, Richard D. Urman, Luis A. Kluth, Prokar Dasgupta, Quoc-Dien Trinh
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2020-10-01
Series:BMC Surgery
Subjects:
Surgical approach
Minimally invasive surgery
Opioids
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12893-020-00879-5

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