Post-operative opioid consumption in Thoracic Surgery Patients: How much is actually used?

CONCLUSIONS: While patients undergoing MIS lung resection used significantly less opioids over a shorter duration of time than those following thoracotomy, they had relatively more excess opioid prescription. Development of evidence-based, procedure-specific guidelines with tailored pain regimens should be implemented to reduce the amount of post-operative opioids remaining in the community.
PMID: 31689406 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Source: The Annals of Thoracic Surgery - November 1, 2019 Category: Cardiovascular & Thoracic Surgery Authors: Holst KA, Thiels CA, Ubl DS, Blackmon SH, Cassivi SD, Nichols FC, Shen KR, Wigle DA, Thomas M, Makey IA, Beamer SE, Jaroszewski DE, Allen MS, Habermann EB Tags: Ann Thorac Surg Source Type: research