Current evidence is insufficient to recommend opioid-free anesthesia over other strategies.
Opioid-free anesthesia should not yet be preferred; leaves open the need for larger definitive trials.
We concluded that we cannot recommend one strategy over the other. Future studies could focus on quality of recovery as outcome measure and adequately powered studies on the effects of opioid-free anesthesia on chronic pain are eagerly awaited.
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