Effects of dexmedetomidine as an adjuvant to ropivacaine or ropivacaine alone on duration of postoperative analgesia: A systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials

• Fangzhou Li ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Fangzhou Li, Liang Guo

  Roles Data curation, Methodology, Resources, Software, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Department of Anesthesiology, Guangxi Medical University Cancer Hospital, Nanning, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, China, Guangxi Key Laboratory for Basic Science and Prevention of Perioperative Organ Dysfunction, Nanning, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, China, Guangxi Engineering Research Center for Tissue & Organ Injury and Repair Medicine, Nanning, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, China, Guangxi Clinical Research Center for Anesthesiology, Nanning, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, China

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5911-0082

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• Liang Guo ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Fangzhou Li, Liang Guo

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Resources, Visualization

  Affiliations Department of Anesthesiology, Guangxi Medical University Cancer Hospital, Nanning, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, China, Guangxi Key Laboratory for Basic Science and Prevention of Perioperative Organ Dysfunction, Nanning, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, China, Guangxi Engineering Research Center for Tissue & Organ Injury and Repair Medicine, Nanning, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, China, Guangxi Clinical Research Center for Anesthesiology, Nanning, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, China

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• Zijin Huang,

  Roles Data curation, Validation

  Affiliations Department of Anesthesiology, Guangxi Medical University Cancer Hospital, Nanning, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, China, Guangxi Key Laboratory for Basic Science and Prevention of Perioperative Organ Dysfunction, Nanning, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, China, Guangxi Engineering Research Center for Tissue & Organ Injury and Repair Medicine, Nanning, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, China, Guangxi Clinical Research Center for Anesthesiology, Nanning, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, China

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• Fei Lin,

  Roles Resources, Validation

  Affiliations Department of Anesthesiology, Guangxi Medical University Cancer Hospital, Nanning, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, China, Guangxi Key Laboratory for Basic Science and Prevention of Perioperative Organ Dysfunction, Nanning, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, China, Guangxi Engineering Research Center for Tissue & Organ Injury and Repair Medicine, Nanning, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, China, Guangxi Clinical Research Center for Anesthesiology, Nanning, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, China

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• Linghui Pan

  Roles Conceptualization, Supervision

  * E-mail: linghuip@126.com

  Affiliations Department of Anesthesiology, Guangxi Medical University Cancer Hospital, Nanning, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, China, Guangxi Key Laboratory for Basic Science and Prevention of Perioperative Organ Dysfunction, Nanning, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, China, Guangxi Engineering Research Center for Tissue & Organ Injury and Repair Medicine, Nanning, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, China, Guangxi Clinical Research Center for Anesthesiology, Nanning, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, China

  https://orcid.org/0009-0002-9776-6258

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