Balanced Opioid-Free Anesthesia on Chronic Postsurgical Pain After Video-Assisted Thoracoscopic Surgery: A Randomized Controlled Trial Protocol.
Journal of Pain Research 2025 Wen-Wen Huo, Jia-Yu Qian, Han-Xue Zhao et al. 4 citations
Opioids are widely used for anesthesia and postoperative analgesia; however, their use is related to increased risks of untoward effects including hyperalgesia and chronic postsurgical pain (CPSP). We aim to compare opioid-free anesthesia (OFA) with opioid-based anesthesia (OBA) on the incidence of CPSP after video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS). This randomized controlled clinical trial...