1. Cannabis use and post-operative complications in patients undergoing pancreatic resection.
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Madsen, Helen J., Carmichael, Heather, Reinicke, Trenton, Gleisner, Ana L., Del Chiaro, Marco, Schulick, Richard D., and Stewart, Camille L.
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SURGICAL complications , *PANCREATECTOMY , *PANCREATIC surgery , *TOBACCO smoke , *SMOKING , *MEDICAL marijuana , *REGRESSION analysis - Abstract
Many states have legalized medical cannabis with various reported therapeutic benefits. However, there is little data assessing the effects of cannabis on surgical outcomes. We sought to compare post-operative pancreatic resection complications between cannabis users and non-users. This is a single-center, retrospective review of patients who underwent Whipple or distal pancreatectomy from 1/2017-12/2020. The primary outcome was any in-hospital complication, using Clavien-Dindo. Multivariable regression analysis was performed. There were 486 patients who underwent Whipple (n=346, 71.2%) or distal pancreatectomy (n=140, 28.8%). Overall, 21.4% (n=104) reported cannabis use, of whom 80.8% were current users. Cannabis users were younger (60 vs. 66 years, p < 0.001), and more likely to have smoked tobacco (p=0.04), but otherwise had similar demographics as non-users. There were 288 (59.3%) patients who developed an in-hospital complication (grade 1–2, 75.3%; grade 3–5, 24.7%). A trend towards increased complications was observed with tobacco smoking (OR 1.33, 95% CI 0.91–1.94, p=0.14), but no association of cannabis use with complications was observed (OR 0.93, 95% CI 0.58–1.47 , p=0.74). A significant proportion of patients undergoing pancreatic resection report cannabis use. These results suggest that there was no association between cannabis use and post-operative complications, future prospective evaluation is warranted. [Display omitted] [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2023
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