Opioid-free anesthesia in oncologic surgery: the rules of the game.
Alessandro De CassaiFederico GeraldiniSerkan TulgarAli AhiskaliogluEdward R MarianoBurhan DostPierfrancesco FuscoGian Marco PetroniFabio CostaPaolo NavalesiPublished in: Journal of Anesthesia, Analgesia and Critical Care (Online) (2022)
Choosing the best anesthetic protocol for a patient undergoing cancer surgery is not an easy task and the available literature provides no definitive answers. In our opinion, opioid-sparing strategies should always be implemented in routine practice and opioid-free anesthesia should be considered whenever possible. Non-pharmacological strategies such as patient education, while generally underrepresented in scientific literature, may warrant consideration in clinical practice.
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