Evaluating a unique enhanced recovery protocol in laparoscopic donor nephrectomy: A single center experience.

Samuel W AthertonMichael S MasseyTho NguyenDavid W WangKathirvel SubramaniamEman AbdelwahidAhmed BahnaswyMichael S TrostlerManuel LombarderoRaymond PlaninsicEzeldeen Abuelkasem

Published in: Clinical transplantation (2023)

A protocol pairing lidocaine and ketamine with a comprehensive approach to preoperative PO intake, premedication, intraoperative fluid management and postoperative pain control is associated with reduced opioid consumption in LDN.

Keyphrases

postoperative pain
robot assisted
randomized controlled trial
pain management
patients undergoing
chronic pain
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weight loss