Opioid Use After Open Resection or Video-Assisted Thoracoscopic Surgery for Early-Stage Lung Cancer

Stephanie Tuminello; Rebecca M Schwartz; Bian Liu; Grace Mhango; Juan Wisnivesky; Raja Flores; Emanuela Taioli

doi:10.1001/jamaoncol.2018.4387

Opioid Use After Open Resection or Video-Assisted Thoracoscopic Surgery for Early-Stage Lung Cancer

JAMA Oncol. 2018 Nov 1;4(11):1611-1613. doi: 10.1001/jamaoncol.2018.4387.

Authors

Stephanie Tuminello¹, Rebecca M Schwartz^{1

2

3}, Bian Liu^{1

3}, Grace Mhango⁴, Juan Wisnivesky^{3

4}, Raja Flores^{3

5}, Emanuela Taioli^{1

3

5}

Affiliations

¹ Institute for Translational Epidemiology and Department of Population Health Science and Policy, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, New York.
² Department of Occupational Medicine, Epidemiology and Prevention, Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell, Hempstead, New York.
³ Tisch Cancer Institute, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, New York.
⁴ Department of Medicine, General Internal Medicine, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, New York.
⁵ Department of Thoracic Surgery, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, New York.

Abstract

This population-based study compares opioid use in patients with non–small cell lung cancer who underwent open resection vs video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery.

MeSH terms

Aged
Analgesics, Opioid / pharmacology
Analgesics, Opioid / therapeutic use*
Carcinoma, Non-Small-Cell Lung / drug therapy*
Carcinoma, Non-Small-Cell Lung / pathology
Carcinoma, Non-Small-Cell Lung / surgery*
Female
Humans
Lung Neoplasms / drug therapy*
Lung Neoplasms / pathology
Lung Neoplasms / surgery*
Male
Thoracic Surgery, Video-Assisted / methods*
Treatment Outcome

Substances

Analgesics, Opioid