Anesthesia for metabolic-bariatric surgery is challenging due to the increased risk of opioid-related adverse events. The purpose of the investigation was to assess the feasibility and efficacy of multimodal opioid-free general anesthesia with transversus abdominis plane (TAP) block for laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy in contrast with conventional opioid-based general anesthesia.
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