Kai Kuck, Bhiken I Naik, Karen B Domino, Karen L Posner, Leif Saager, Ami R Stuart, Ken B Johnson, Salome B Alpert, Marcel E Durieux, Anik K Sinha, Chad M Brummett, Michael F Aziz, Kenneth C Cummings, John G Gaudet, Andrea Kurz, Mienke Rijsdijk, Jonathan P Wanderer, Nathan L Pace
BACKGROUND: There is insufficient prospective evidence regarding the relationship between surgical experience and prolonged opioid use and pain. The authors investigated the association of patient characteristics, surgical procedure, and perioperative anesthetic course with postoperative opioid consumption and pain 3 months postsurgery. The authors hypothesized that patient characteristics and intraoperative factors predict opioid consumption and pain 3 months postsurgery. METHODS: Eleven U...
May 1, 2023: Anesthesiology