Postoperative opioid use for patients with chronic pelvic pain undergoing robotic surgery for resection of endometriosis

In conclusion, patients undergoing robotic surgery for endometriosis used over two times as many opioids postoperatively as patients without endometriosis and have a higher perceived postoperative pain. Providers should be aware of this difference in order to provide better pain control for this patient population.
Source: Journal of Robotic Surgery - Category: Surgery Source Type: research