Association of peripheral nerve blocks with increased postoperative pain and opioid use in orthopaedic surgery: caution with causation. Comment on Br J Anaesth 2025; 135: 1286-96

Br J Anaesth. 2026 Feb 24:S0007-0912(26)00063-2. doi: 10.1016/j.bja.2026.01.033. Online ahead of print.

¹ Department of Anaesthesiology, Ibra Hospital, Ibra, Sultanate of Oman; Department of Anaesthesiology and Perioperative Care, Ganga Medical Centre & Hospitals Pvt Ltd, Coimbatore, India. Electronic address: https://twitter.com/loinabhi.
² Department of Anaesthesiology, Ibra Hospital, Ibra, Sultanate of Oman; Department of Anaesthesiology and Perioperative Care, Ganga Medical Centre & Hospitals Pvt Ltd, Coimbatore, India. Electronic address: tm.tuhin87@gmail.com.

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Keywords: nerve block; opioid; pain; postoperative analgesia; regional anaesthesia.

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