Orlando, Fla.—Nonopioid-based multimodal regimens may be increasingly popular throughout anesthesiology, but a new study has concluded there may be at least one instance where the approach is not effective.
Investigators at the Outcomes Research Department of Cleveland Clinic in Ohio found that an analgesic pathway based on preoperative acetaminophen and gabapentin, combined with intraoperative infusions of lidocaine and ketamine, did not improve recovery in patients who underwent