Gabapentin given before laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy reduces postoperative oxycodone consumption in obese patients. A randomized double-blind placebo-controlled trial.
CONCLUSIONS: The demand for oxycodone was delayed in the gabapentin group; also, the total 12 h dose requirement of oxycodone was lower in the gabapentin group.
PMID: 29108405 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Minerva Anestesiologica - Category: Anesthesiology Tags: Minerva Anestesiol Source Type: research
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