Open AccessOpioid-free anesthesia for breast cancer surgery: An observational study
Author(s) -
Swagata Tripathy,
Satyajit Rath,
S. S. Agrawal,
P. Rama Rao,
Aparajita Panda,
Tushar Subhadarshan Mishra,
Smrutiranjan Nayak
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
journal of anaesthesiology-clinical pharmacology/journal of anaesthesiology clinical pharmacology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.466
H-Index - 32
eISSN - 2231-2730
pISSN - 0970-9185
DOI - 10.4103/joacp.joacp_143_17
Subject(s) - medicine , observational study , breast cancer , opioid , anesthesia , cancer surgery , breast surgery , surgery , cancer , receptor
Opioids are associated with postoperative nausea, vomiting, drowsiness, and increased analgesic requirement. A nonopioid anesthesia technique may reduce morbidity, enable day care surgery, and possibly decrease tumor recurrence. We compared opioid-free, nerve block-based anesthesia with opioid-based general anesthesia for breast cancer surgery in a prospective cohort study.