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Question

A 45-year-old patient underwent laparoscopic cholecystectomy following ERAS protocol. Postoperatively, the patient received multimodal analgesia with paracetamol, NSAIDs, and local anesthetic infiltration but still reports pain score of 7/10. Opioid consumption has been minimal. Which aspect of ERAS multimodal analgesia was likely inadequate in this case?

Accepted Answer

Inadequate intraoperative local anesthetic infiltration at port sites

Answer

Non-administration of ketamine infusion

Answer

Excessive restriction of opioids leading to inadequate analgesia

Answer

Lack of preemptive analgesia with gabapentin

Enhanced Recovery After Surgery (ERAS) — MCQs

Enhanced Recovery After Surgery (ERAS) — MCQs

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