Choice of Anesthetic for Laparoscopic Bariatric Surgery Can Reduce the Use of Rescue Antiemetics in Postanesthesia Recovery Room: A Retrospective Observational Study

The benefit associated with anesthetic strategies designed to reduce PONV was present but did not persist past PACU discharge. This finding suggests that aggressive perioperative multimodal antiemetic prophylaxis combined with anesthetic strategies designed to prevent PONV after bariatric surgery have only a short-lived effect, thus health care staff in hospital wards may expect to encounter high rates of PONV in these patients. There is a need for the development of novel antinausea treatments to reduce the rate of this frequent postoperative complication.