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. 2021 Oct;15(10):E563-E568.
doi: 10.5489/cuaj.7007.

Enhanced recovery after cystectomy in patients with preoperative narcotic use

Saum Ghodoussipour  1 , Alireza Ghoreifi  1 , Behdod Katebian  1 , Brian H Cameron  1 , Anirban P Mitra  1 , Jie Cai  1 , Gus Miranda  1 , Anne K Schuckman  1 , Siamak Daneshmand  1 , Hooman Djaladat  1
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Enhanced recovery after cystectomy in patients with preoperative narcotic use

Saum Ghodoussipour et al. Can Urol Assoc J. 2021 Oct.

Abstract

Introduction: The aim of this study was to evaluate the outcomes of radical cystectomy with an enhanced recovery after surgery (ERAS) protocol in patients with a history of chronic preoperative narcotic use compared to narcotic-naive patients.

Methods: We identified 553 patients who underwent open radical cystectomy with ERAS. Preoperative narcotic use was identified in 34 patients who were then matched to 68 narcotic-naive patients. Postoperative outcomes, opioid use, and visual analog scale (VAS) pain scores were analyzed and compared. All routes of opioid use were recorded and converted to a morphine equivalent dose (MED).

Results: Patients with preoperative narcotic use reported higher median VAS pain scores per day (postoperative day [POD1]: 5.2 vs. 3.9, p=0.003; POD2: 5.1 vs. 3.6, p<0.001; POD3: 4.6 vs. 3.8, p=0.004) and used significantly more opioids (median MED) per day (POD1: 13.2 vs. 10.0, p=0.02; POD2: 11.3 vs. 6.4, p=0.003; POD3: 10.2 vs. 5.0, p=0.005) following surgery. Preoperative narcotic users were noted to have a significantly higher incidence of 90-day re-admissions (41.2% vs. 20.6%, p=0.03). There was no difference in median hospital stay (4 vs. 4 days, p=0.6), 30-or 90-day complications (64.7% vs. 60.3%, p=0.8 and 82.4% vs. 75.0%, p=0.4, respectively) or gastrointestinal complications (29.4% vs. 26.5%, p=0.8), including postoperative ileus (11.8% vs. 20.6%, p=0.2).

Conclusions: Patients with preoperative narcotic exposure report higher pain scores and require more opioid use following radical cystectomy with ERAS and are more likely to be re-admitted within 90 days. However, there was no observed difference in hospital stay or complications.

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Competing interests:: The authors do not report any competing personal or financial interests related to this work.

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Postoperative visual analog scale (VAS) pain scores in the two groups. POD: postoperative day.
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Postoperative narcotic use in the two groups. POD: postoperative day.
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