| AUC | Area under the curve |
| CI | Confidence interval |
| CPSP | Chronic postsurgical pain |
| ERAS | Enhanced recovery after surgery |
| GRADE | Grades of recommendation, assessment, development, and evaluation |
| IQR | Interquartile range |
| IV | Intravenous |
| QoR-15 | Quality of recovery-15 questionnaire |
| QoR-40 | Quality of recovery-40 questionnaire |
| NMDA | N-methyl-D-aspartate |
| NSAID | Nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug |
| OBA | Opioid-based anesthesia |
| OFA | Opioid-free anesthesia |
| OME | Oral morphine equivalent |
| PONV | Postoperative nausea and vomiting |
| PRISMA | Preferred reporting items for systematic review and meta-analysis |
| PROSPERO | Prospective register of systematic reviews |
| REML | Restricted maximum likelihood |
| RoB 2 | Cochrane risk-of-bias tool for randomized trials |
| RR | Relative risk |
| SD | Standard deviation |
| RCT | Randomized controlled trial |