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ReviewFrontiers in pharmacology2025

Opioid-free anesthesia in enhanced recovery after surgery for gastrointestinal surgery: current status, challenges, and prospects.

Yongxing Xu, Maolin Zhong, Shihong Li

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Review in Frontiers in pharmacology, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

6 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Yongxing Xu *The First Clinical Medical College of Gannan Medical University, Ganzhou, China.
Maolin Zhong *Department of Anesthesiology, First Affiliated Hospital of Gannan Medical University, Ganzhou, China.
Shihong LiDepartment of Anesthesiology, First Affiliated Hospital of Gannan Medical University, Ganzhou, China.

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The enhanced recovery after surgery (ERAS) protocol has been increasing implementation in gastrointestinal surgeries to optimize perioperative management, mitigate surgical stress responses, and accelerate patient recovery. Although opioid-based anesthesia effectively alleviates pain, it is associated with significant adverse effects, including postoperative nausea and vomiting (PONV), respiratory depression, and intestinal paralysis, which can impeder early recovery. Opioid-free anesthesia (OFA) is designed to alleviate these concerns. This article examines the pharmacological agents and regional block techniques commonly employed in OFA, emphasizing its role in promoting the recovery of gastrointestinal function, improving pain management, reducing adverse events, and enhancing patient satisfaction.

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abdominal surgery analgesiaenhanced recovery after gastrointestinal surgerylaparoscopic surgicalopioid-free anesthesiaopioids

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PMID40994646
PMCPMC12457072

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