Opioid versus opioid-free analgesia after surgical discharge: protocol for a systematic review and meta-analysis.

Charbel El-KefraouiGhadeer OlleikMarc-Aurele ChayAraz KouyoumdjianPhilip Nguyen-PowandaFateme RajabiyazdiUyen DoAlexa DerksenTara LandryAlexandre Amar-ZifkinAgnihotram V RamanakumarMarc-Olivier MartelGabriele BaldiniLiane FeldmanJulio Flavio Fiore

Published in: BMJ open (2020)

Ethical approval is not required since this is a systematic review of published studies. Our results will be published in a peer-reviewed journal and presented at relevant conferences. Further knowledge dissemination will be sought via public and patient organisations focussed on pain and opioid-related harms.

Keyphrases

pain management
chronic pain
healthcare
randomized controlled trial
mental health
case report
emergency department
spinal cord
ultrasound guided
postoperative pain