“…Dear Dr Papageorghiou, We read with great interest the recent article by Kuriyama et al 1 comparing postoperative analgesic efficacy of continuous wound infiltration (CWI) and continuous intravenous fentanyl (IVF) for gynaecological surgery in a non-inferiority, randomised controlled trial. Given that wound infiltration or injection of local anaesthetics is a preferred component of opioid-sparing multimodal analgesia strategies in the current enhanced recovery after surgery (ERAS) practices for gynaecological surgery, 2 their findings have important implications.…”