Early-stage lung cancer patients treated with more-invasive surgical techniques are more likely to become chronic opioid users than patients treated with minimally invasive surgery, found study.
The study findings highlight the need for additional research into how pain management after surgery might be a contributing factor to the opioid addiction crisis, according to a study published in JAMA Oncology in September.
Mount Sinai researchers studied 3,900 patients with early non-small-cell lung ...
Early-stage lung cancer patients treated with more-invasive surgical techniques are more likely to become chronic opioid users than patients treated with minimally invasive surgery, found study.
The study findings highlight the need for additional research into how pain management after surgery might be a contributing factor to the opioid addiction crisis, according to a study published in JAMA Oncology in September.
Mount Sinai researchers studied 3,900 patients with early non-small-cell lung ...