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World J Gastrointest Oncol. Aug 15, 2026; 18(8): 120096
Published online Aug 15, 2026. doi: 10.4251/wjgo.v18.i8.120096
Published online Aug 15, 2026. doi: 10.4251/wjgo.v18.i8.120096
Effects of general anesthesia plus ropivacaine transversus abdominis plane block on analgesia and organ protection in colorectal cancer surgery
Wan-Min Pei, Yan Ye, Jian Liu, Hui-Ling Tan, Yi-Xun Tang, Ji-Tong Liu, Department of Anesthesiology, Hunan Provincial People’s Hospital (The First Affiliated Hospital of Hunan Normal University), Changsha 410005, Hunan Province, China
Author contributions: Pei WM and Liu JT contributed to conceptualization; Pei WM, Ye Y, Liu J, Tan HL, and Tang YX contributed to data curation; Pei WM and Ye Y contributed to formal analysis; Pei WM contributed to writing - original draft; Ye Y contributed to visualization; Ye Y, Tang YX, and Liu JT contributed to writing - review & editing; Liu J and Tan HL contributed to validation; Liu J and Tang YX contributed to investigation; Tan HL contributed to resources; Liu JT contributed to project administration, supervision, final approval of the manuscript. All authors have read and agreed to the published version of the manuscript.
AI contribution statement: To ensure the accuracy of the language, we used AI tools to check for grammar errors and make corrections in answering reviewers, but the content was not generated by AI.
Institutional review board statement: This study was approved by the Ethics Committee of Hunan Provincial People’s Hospital (No. 2026-028).
Informed consent statement: This study is a retrospective study and has applied for an exemption from the informed consent form procedure.
Conflict-of-interest statement: All the authors report no relevant conflicts of interest for this article.
STROBE statement: The authors have read the STROBE Statement-checklist of items, and the manuscript was prepared and revised according to the STROBE Statement-checklist of items.
Data sharing statement: The data can be obtained by contacting the corresponding author.
Corresponding author: Ji-Tong Liu, PhD, Department of Anesthesiology, Hunan Provincial People’s Hospital (The First Affiliated Hospital of Hunan Normal University), No. 61 Jiefang West Road, Furong District, Changsha 410005, Hunan Province, China. liujitong999@163.com
Received: March 6, 2026
Revised: April 20, 2026
Accepted: May 26, 2026
Published online: August 15, 2026
Processing time: 151 Days and 20.8 Hours
Revised: April 20, 2026
Accepted: May 26, 2026
Published online: August 15, 2026
Processing time: 151 Days and 20.8 Hours
Core Tip
Core Tip: This retrospective study demonstrated that, for patients undergoing radical resection of colorectal cancer, general anesthesia combined with ropivacaine transversus abdominis plane block provides superior postoperative analgesia, reduces inflammatory stress, is associated with favorable postoperative liver and kidney function indices, and accelerates early recovery compared with general anesthesia alone.