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

Natalie B SimonMelissa AsselJoanna SerafinTaylor M McCreadyJonas A NelsonAndrew J VickersTracy-Ann MooHanae K Tokita
Published in: Journal of surgical oncology (2023)
Increased 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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