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ArticleJournal of surgical oncology2023

Patient and procedure characteristics associated with postoperative pain after prophylactic versus therapeutic ambulatory bilateral breast surgery.

Natalie B Simon, Melissa Assel, Joanna Serafin, Taylor M McCready, Jonas A Nelson, Andrew J Vickers, Tracy-Ann Moo, Hanae K Tokita

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Article in Journal of surgical oncology, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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8 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Natalie B SimonEastern Virginia Medical School, Norfolk, Virginia, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1268-2216
Melissa AsselMemorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York, USA.
Joanna SerafinMemorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York, USA.
Taylor M McCreadyNew York University Grossman School of Medicine, New York, New York, USA.
Jonas A NelsonMemorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0329-4422
Andrew J VickersMemorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York, USA.
Tracy-Ann MooMemorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York, USA.
Hanae K TokitaMemorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York, USA.
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center · USEastern Virginia Medical School · USNew York University · US

Funding

X-RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHYP30CA008748 · NCI · SLOAN-KETTERING INSTITUTE FOR CANCER RES · PI Nicholas D Socci · 1985 to 2026
$347.4M
NCI NIH HHS P30 CA008748NIH HHS
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

BACKGROUND AND

objectivesWe investigated whether age, body mass index (BMI), and tissue expander placement were related to postoperative opioid requirement for patients undergoing therapeutic versus prophylactic breast surgery.

methodsPostoperative opioid consumption was evaluated for patients who underwent bilateral mastectomy with immediate implant-based reconstruction at a freestanding ambulatory cancer surgery center between 2016 and 2021. Ordinal regression tested whether surgical indication was associated with increased postoperative opioid requirements after adjusting for age, BMI, and tissue expander placement.

resultsOf 2447 patients, 6% underwent prophylactic surgeries. Therapeutic mastectomy patients had lower postoperative opioid requirement (OR = 0.67; 95% CI: 0.50-0.91; p = 0.030), but this was not significant after adjusting for covariates (OR = 0.75; 95% CI: 0.53-1.07; p = 0.2). Opioid use increased with higher BMI (OR = 1.06; 95% CI: 1.05-1.08; p < 0.001) and decreased with age (OR = 0.97; 95% CI: 0.96-0.98; p < 0.001) with therapeutic mastectomy patients being older (median 46 vs. 39). The subpectoral tissue expander group had nearly double the postoperative opioid requirement compared to prepectoral placement (OR = 1.86; 95% CI: 1.55-2.23; p < 0.001).

conclusionsIncreased postoperative opioid requirement in women undergoing prophylactic procedures is best explained by age. Mastectomy patients should be counseled similarly about postoperative pain irrespective of indication. A larger prophylactic mastectomy sample is required to provide more precise estimates.

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Breast ImplantsBreast NeoplasmsMammaplastyAnalgesics, OpioidFemaleHumansMastectomyPostoperative ComplicationsPostoperative PainRetrospective StudiesAnalgesics, Opioidacute painambulatory breast surgerypostoperative opioid requirementprophylactic versus therapeutic bilateral mastectomy with immediate tissue expander reconstructionrisk-reducing bilateral mastectomy

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