Table E3.
Different pain medications used after surgery, stratified by type of surgery
| Type of surgery |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total |
Lungs |
Esophagus |
Chest wall |
Pleura |
Mediastinum |
Diaphragm |
Foregut |
P value | |
| N = 228 | N = 80 | N = 17 | N = 8 | N = 12 | N = 15 | N = 4 | N = 92 | ||
| No pain medication | 13 (5.7) | 4 (5.0) | 4 (23.5) | 0 (0.0) | 1 (8.3) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 4 (4.3) | .06 |
| Tylenol | 167 (73.2) | 57 (71.3) | 12 (70.6) | 4 (50.0) | 5 (41.7) | 11 (73.3) | 1 (25.0) | 77 (83.7) | .01 |
| Aleve | 55 (24.1) | 22 (27.5) | 1 (5.9) | 1 (12.5) | 2 (16.7) | 4 (26.7) | 0 (0.0) | 25 (27.2) | .39 |
| Motrin | 35 (15.4) | 13 (16.3) | 4 (23.5) | 1 (12.5) | 2 (16.7) | 1 (6.7) | 2 (50.0) | 12 (13.0) | .43 |
| Neurontin | 96 (42.1) | 57 (71.3) | 3 (17.6) | 5 (62.5) | 8 (66.7) | 9 (60.0) | 1 (25.0) | 13 (14.1) | <.001 |
| Flexeril | 2 (0.9) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 1 (12.5) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 1 (1.1) | .03 |
| Celebrex | 1 (0.4) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 1 (12.5) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | <.001 |
| Lidoderm patch | 2 (0.9) | 1 (1.3) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 1 (1.1) | 1.00 |
| Lyrica | 1 (0.4) | 0 (0.0) | 1 (5.9) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | .052 |
| Ultram | 30 (13.2) | 15 (18.8) | 0 (0.0) | 1 (12.5) | 2 (16.7) | 2 (13.3) | 2 (50.0) | 8 (8.7) | .08 |
| T#3 | 10 (4.4) | 1 (1.3) | 0 (0.0) | 1 (12.5) | 0 (0.0) | 4 (26.7) | 2 (50.0) | 2 (2.2) | <.001 |
| Percocet | 3 (1.3) | 1 (1.3) | 0 (0.0) | 2 (25.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | <.001 |
| Norco | 28 (12.3) | 11 (13.8) | 3 (17.6) | 4 (50.0) | 2 (16.7) | 1 (6.7) | 0 (0.0) | 7 (7.6) | .03 |
| Morphine | 3 (1.3) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 1 (12.5) | 1 (8.3) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 1 (1.1) | .03 |
| Hydrocodone | 1 (0.4) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 1 (12.5) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | <.001 |
| Fentanyl | 2 (0.9) | 1 (1.3) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 1 (8.3) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | .17 |
| Oxycodone | 1 (0.4) | 1 (1.3) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | .93 |
| Hydromorphone | 1 (0.4) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 1 (1.1) | .96 |
| Number of different types of medications | <.001 | ||||||||
| 0 | 12 (5.3) | 4 (5.0) | 4 (23.5) | 0 (0.0) | 1 (8.3) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 3 (3.3) | |
| 1 | 69 (30.3) | 13 (16.3) | 5 (29.4) | 2 (25.0) | 4 (33.3) | 3 (20.0) | 1 (25.0) | 41 (44.6) | |
| 2 | 87 (38.2) | 29 (36.3) | 6 (35.3) | 3 (37.5) | 3 (25.0) | 7 (46.7) | 2 (50.0) | 37 (40.2) | |
| 3 | 49 (21.5) | 28 (35.0) | 1 (5.9) | 0 (0.0) | 3 (25.0) | 5 (33.3) | 1 (25.0) | 11 (12.0) | |
| 4 | 8 (3.5) | 5 (6.3) | 1 (5.9) | 1 (12.5) | 1 (8.3) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | |
| 5 | 2 (0.9) | 1 (1.3) | 0 (0.0) | 1 (12.5) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | |
| 6 | 1 (0.4) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 1 (12.5) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | |
| Narcotics | .001 | ||||||||
| No | 165 (72.4) | 56 (70.0) | 14 (82.4) | 2 (25.0) | 7 (58.3) | 9 (60.0) | 1 (25.0) | 76 (82.6) | |
| Yes | 63 (27.6) | 24 (30.0) | 3 (17.6) | 6 (75.0) | 5 (41.7) | 6 (40.0) | 3 (75.0) | 16 (17.4) | |
Values are in number and %.