Comparison of an Opioid-Free Anesthesia Protocol Versus Standard Practices on Early and Late Post-operative Recovery

Summary

Opioid-Free Anesthesia (OFA) is an anesthesia protocol that does not use morphine, and is increasingly used routinely. Indeed, this protocol would theoretically allow a better post-operative analgesic control, a lower incidence of post-operative complications (e.g. post-operative nausea and vomiting). In the end, it would also allow a better overall post-operative recovery and a decrease in the incidence of chronic post-operative pain. Nevertheless, the literature is poor on this issue and no randomized controlled study has evaluated the effect of the use of this type of anesthesia protocol on postoperative recovery.

Timeline

Start

2021-07-12

Primary completion

2022-11

Completion

2023-05

Publications

• Background Leger M, Campfort M, Cayla C, Parot-Schinkel E, Lasocki S, Rineau E. Validation of an alternative French version of the Quality of Recovery-15 Score: the FQoR-15. Br J Anaesth. 2020 Oct;125(4):e345-e347. doi: 10.1016/j.bja.2020.05.052. Epub 2020 Jul 9. No abstract available.
• Background Mauermann E, Ruppen W, Bandschapp O. Different protocols used today to achieve total opioid-free general anesthesia without locoregional blocks. Best Pract Res Clin Anaesthesiol. 2017 Dec;31(4):533-545. doi: 10.1016/j.bpa.2017.11.003. Epub 2017 Nov 24.
• Leger M, Pessiot-Royer S, Perrault T, Parot-Schinkel E, Costerousse F, Rineau E, Lasocki S. The effect of opioid-free anesthesia protocol on the early quality of recovery after major surgery (SOFA trial): study protocol for a prospective, monocentric, randomized, single-blinded trial. Trials. 2021 Nov 27;22(1):855. doi: 10.1186/s13063-021-05829-x.

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