Abstract
Long-term opioid use after thoracic surgery is prevalent, affecting ∼50% of patients who undergo thoracotomy and ∼33% of patients who undergo minimally invasive surgery.1 Enhanced recovery protocols (ERPs) have the potential to prevent the onset of chronic pain and correspondingly reduce opioid dependence, critical in our fight against the opioid epidemic. ERPs represent multidisciplinary collaborations, and in thoracic surgery they reduce early postoperative opioid use and improve short-term pain control, an established predictor of chronic pain.
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