Drug Design, Development and Therapy (Nov 2023)

Impact of Opioid-Free Anesthesia on Postoperative Quality of Recovery in Patients After Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy-A Randomized Controlled Trial

  • Hao C,
  • Xu H,
  • Du J,
  • Zhang T,
  • Zhang X,
  • Zhao Z,
  • Luan H

Journal volume & issue
Vol. Volume 17
pp. 3539 – 3547

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Conghui Hao,1 Hai Xu,1 Jingjing Du,1 Tianyu Zhang,1 Xiaobao Zhang,2 Zhibin Zhao,2 Hengfei Luan2 1Department of Anesthesiology, Graduate Training Base of Lianyungang First People’s Hospital of Jinzhou Medical University, Lianyungang, Jiangsu, People’s Republic of China; 2Department of anesthesiology, The Affiliated Lianyungang Hospital of Xuzhou Medical University, The First People’s Hospital of Lianyungang, Lianyungang, Jiangsu, People’s Republic of ChinaCorrespondence: Hengfei Luan, The Affiliated Lianyungang Hospital of Xuzhou Medical University, The First People’s Hospital of Lianyungang, No. 6 East Zhenhua Road, Lianyungang, Jiangsu, People’s Republic of China, Email [email protected]: Opioid analgesics may delay discharge and affect postoperative quality of recovery because of their significant adverse effects, such as hyperalgesia, postoperative nausea and vomiting (PONV), shivering and urine retention. We aimed to compare the quality of postoperative recovery (QoR) between patients undergoing laparoscopic cholecystectomy surgeries with opioid-free anesthesia (OFA) and those with opioid-based anesthesia (OA).Patients and Methods: 80 adult patients undergoing laparoscopic cholecystectomy were randomly allocated to an opioid-free anesthesia group (Group OFA) or an opioid-based anesthesia group (Group OA). The primary outcome was the quality of postoperative recovery using QoR-15 scale on postoperative day 1 (POD 1) and 2 (POD 2). The secondary outcomes included the incidence of opioid-related adverse symptoms, perioperative hemodynamic data, duration of post-anesthesia care unit (PACU) stay and duration of extubation, and the incidences of hypotension and bradycardia.Results: A statistically significant difference in total QoR-15 was observed between the two groups on POD 1 and POD 2 (91.00 (90.00, 92.00) vs 113.00 (108.25, 115.00), 106.00 (104.00, 112.00) vs 133.00 (130.00, 135.00), P 0.05).Conclusion: We concluded that the quality of recovery of patients receiving OFA was superior to those receiving OA after laparoscopic cholecystectomy.Keywords: opioid-free anesthesia, opioid-based anesthesia, postoperative recovery, laparoscopic cholecystectomy

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