Depression and female gender associated with higher postoperative pain scores after sinonasal surgery.

Katharina SchinzLukas SteigerwaldKonstantinos MantsopoulosAntoniu-Oreste GostianMaximilian TraxdorfMatti SievertRobin RuppHeinrich IroSarina Katrin Müller
Published in: Acta oto-laryngologica (2021)
The study identified risk factors for a higher PPS and the need for opioids. The results indicated that reducing postoperative opioids might be possible in patients without these risk factors and might help guide individualized postoperative therapy.