Comparison of Recurrence of Malignancy Following Two Opioid-free General Anesthesia Regimens versus Standard Care Using Opioids: A Retrospective Analysis
Patients with advanced carcinoma of tongue and buccal mucosa who received OFA using lidocaine during surgery demonstrated a significantly lower recurrence rate of malignancy at 1 year postoperatively compared to those who received OFA regimen utilizing dexmedetomidine with ketamine and traditional anesthesia with opioids.
Authors
- Gayathri Sreekumar (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0005-2656-6285)
- Jerry Paul (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0966-7560)
- M. Madhu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0969-0939)
- Lokeshshiva Arul (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0000-0169-6466)
- Sunil Rajan
- Roniya Ann Roy
Institutions
- Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences and Research Centre (IN)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Annals of African Medicine
- Published
- 2025-06-11
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.4103/aam.aam_119_25
- Primary Topic
- Cancer, Stress, Anesthesia, and Immune Response
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00