Postoperative pain is one of the most common postoperative complications and is significantly associated with patient's quality of recovery. Analgesia Nociception Index (ANI) is known to analyze the high frequency component of heart rate variability in relation to respiratory frequency, providing the objective information on the degree of pain. However, most previous studies conducted by using ANI were observational studies or small-sized randomized controlled studies. In the present study, the investigators aimed to evaluate the effects of ANI-guided intraoperative analgesia on moderate-to-severe postoperative pain by performing randomized controlled study.
This study evaluates the effects of Analgesia Nociception Index (ANI)-guided intraoperative analgesia on postoperative pain in patients undergoing open gynecologic surgery.