Pain and Opioid Consumption Following Endoscopic Sinus Surgery: A Prospective Cohort Study.

Objectives/hypothesis: Surgeons have a critical role in the current opioid epidemic, and there is a need to prospectively understand patterns of pain and opioid use among patients undergoing endoscopic sinus surgery (ESS).

Study Design: Prospective observational cohort.

Methods: This was a prospective, observational cohort study that included patients undergoing ESS from November 2019 to March 2020.

The patient's perspective: a qualitative study of individual experience with decision-making, treatment, and recovery for resectable pancreatic cancer.

Introduction: Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma cancer (PDAC) remains a challenging diagnosis. The likelihood of long-term survival is limited even for patients who undergo maximal medical therapy with systemic chemotherapy and surgical resection. Within this intensive process, there remains limited understanding of patients' pretreatment expectations of PDAC treatment experience and their decision-making process.

Opioid use after endoscopic skull base surgery: A descriptive, prospective, longitudinal cohort study.

Background: Opioid abuse is a public health crisis and the perioperative period can be a time of first opioid exposure. Little is known about postoperative pain management after endoscopic skull base surgery (ESBS).

Methods: This investigation was a single-institution, longitudinal, prospective cohort study of adult patients undergoing ESBS between November 2019 and March 2020.