Opioid-free Anesthesia and Analgesia in Clinical Practice: Considerations, Techniques, and Limitations
In Brief Opioid-free anesthesia does not have demonstrable advantages for either short- or long-term postoperative pain control or opioid use. To achieve minimal use of opioids, appropriate local/regional analgesia and nonopioid multimodal analgesia should be considered.
Authors
- Harsha Shanthanna (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4105-4465)
- Girish P. Joshi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1791-4012)
Institutions
- St. Joseph Hospital (US)
- Hamilton General Hospital (CA)
- St. Joseph’s Healthcare Hamilton (CA)
- The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Anesthesiology
- Published
- 2025-10-03
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1097/aln.0000000000005601
- Citations
- 2
- Primary Topic
- Anesthesia and Pain Management
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 4.01