“…Furthermore, oral administration of acetaminophen, celecoxib, and gabapentin immediately before surgery also was part of the ERAS protocol. In fact, acetaminophen, nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, and gabapentin are the important component of an opioid-sparing multimodal analgesia recommended in the current ERAS practices, and they can greatly decrease opioid consumption for postoperative pain control by different mechanisms 3,4 . In this case, we argue that the between-group difference of opioid consumption in the PACU should not be completely attributable to different postoperative analgesic efficacies of 2 regional block techniques.…”