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Effect of preoperative smoking cessation on postoperative pain outcomes in elderly patients with high nicotine dependence.
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- A practical guide for perioperative smoking cessation.Journal of anesthesia · 2022Review
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- Acute Pain Burden and Opioid Dose Requirements after Cesarean Delivery in Parturients with Preexisting Chronic Back Pain and Migraine.Anesthesiology research and practice · 2021Article
- Association between Postoperative Opioid Requirements and the Duration of Smoking Cessation in Male Smokers after Laparoscopic Distal Gastrectomy with Gastroduodenostomy.Pain research & management · 2021Article
- Tobacco Use and Treatment among Cancer Survivors.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2020Article
- Does short-term cessation of smoking before lung resections reduce the risk of complications?Journal of thoracic disease · 2020Article
- Influence of reduction quality on functional outcome and quality of life in treatment of tibial plafond fractures: a retrospective cohort study.BMC musculoskeletal disorders · 2019Article
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Abstract
objectiveTo investigate the effect of smoking cessation before surgery on postoperative pain and analgesic consumption after thoracoscopic radical resection of lung cancer in elderly patients with high nicotine dependence.
methodsA total of 107 male patients, ages 60 to 70 years, undergoing elective thoracoscopic radical lung cancer surgery from July 2017 to July 2018 were enrolled into 3 groups: group A (highly nicotine-dependent and discontinued smoking <3 weeks before surgery, n = 36), group B (highly nicotine-dependent and discontinued smoking >3 weeks before surgery, n = 38), and group C (nonsmokers, n = 33). Postoperative sufentanil consumption, visual analog scale (VAS) pain scores at rest and during cough, rescue analgesia, opioid-related adverse events, and patient satisfaction were assessed from 0 to 48 h postoperatively.
resultsPatient characteristics were comparable among the 3 groups. Sufentanil consumption and VAS pain scores from postoperative 0 to 48 h were significantly higher in groups A and B than in group C. In addition, group B had lower sufentanil consumption and pain scores than group A. No differences in the need for rescue analgesia, patient satisfaction, or occurrence of postoperative adverse events, including nausea, vomiting, respiratory depression, and oversedation, were observed among the 3 groups.
conclusionCompared with nonsmokers, highly nicotine-dependent male patients who were deprived of cigarettes experienced more severe pain and required treatment with more sufentanil after thoracoscopic radical lung cancer surgery. Moreover, preoperative smoking cessation at least 3 weeks before surgery led to better postoperative pain outcomes than smoking cessation within 3 weeks of surgery.
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