New persistent opioid use following robotic-assisted, laparoscopic and open surgery inguinal hernia repair.
Ian T MacQueenGediwon MilkyI-Fan ShihFeibi ZhengDavid C ChenPublished in: Surgical endoscopy (2024)
In this cohort of patients derived from a national commercial claims dataset, patients undergoing RAS had a decreased risk of long-term opioid use compared to laparoscopic and open surgery patients undergoing IHR.