Comparative analgesic effects of lidocaine-dexmedetomidine co-administration in major laparoscopic gynecologic surgery: a randomized controlled trial.
Background The intraoperative co-administration of lidocaine and dexmedetomidine has been proposed as an opioid-sparing strategy; however, its effectiveness as an intraoperative multimodal analgesia (MMA) strategy remains unclear. We evaluated its effect on postoperative opioid consumption in patients undergoing major...