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To characterize postoperative recovery trajectories and symptom burden among patients undergoing ambulatory cancer surgery using a 10-day electronic patient-reported outcome monitoring tool.

March 13, 2024JAMA SurgeryOpen Access

Electronic Patient-Reported Symptoms After Ambulatory Cancer Surgery

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To characterize postoperative recovery trajectories and symptom burden among patients undergoing ambulatory cancer surgery using a 10-day electronic patient-reported outcome monitoring tool.
Retrospective cohort study of 12,433 patients undergoing prostatectomy, nephrectomy, mastectomy, hysterectomy, or thyroidectomy at an ambulatory cancer surgery center between September 2016 and June 2022.
Patients completed the Recovery Tracker, an electronic patient-reported outcome (ePRO) platform assessing symptom severity and functional interference daily for 10 days postoperatively.
Overall survey response rate was 87% (10,814 of 12,433 patients submitting at least 1 survey; median completion time, 1.7 minutes), with peak symptom severity occurring on postoperative days 1 to 3.
Severe or very severe maximum pain occurred in 28% of nephrectomy patients (92/332), 25% of mastectomy with reconstruction patients (817/3322), and 21% of prostatectomy patients (744/3543), while cohort-wide severe pain (3% [324/10,814]) and severe fatigue (1% [106/10,814]) were rare.
Multiday nausea was reported by 16% of patients (1485/9300), vomiting by 1% (139/10,812), fever over 38 °C by 7% (740/10,812), and severe dyspnea by 1% (125/10,813).

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Retrospective cohort study reveals modest symptom burden peaking within three days after ambulatory cancer surgery, highlighting benchmarks to guide remote recovery monitoring.

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Cracchiolo et al. (2024) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a7188b85d37378ac1dea92b https://doi.org/10.1001/jamasurg.2024.0133

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Retrospective cohort study reveals modest symptom burden peaking within three days after ambulatory cancer surgery, highlighting benchmarks to guide remote recovery monitoring.

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