Recovery from minimally invasive vs. open surgery in kidney cancer patients: Opioid use and workplace absenteeism.
Marieke J KrimphoveStephen W ReeseXi ChenMaya MarcheseDaniel PucherilEugene B ConeWesley H ChouKarl H TullyAdam S KibelRichard D UrmanSteven Lee ChangLuis A KluthProkar DasguptaQuoc Dien TrinhPublished in: Investigative and clinical urology (2020)
Patients undergoing various forms of surgery for kidney cancer had lower rates of peri-operative opioid use, fewer days of workplace absenteeism, but no difference in long-term rates of opioid use in patients undergoing minimally invasive as compared to open surgery.