Abbreviations

AUC	Area under curve
CI	Continuous infusion
CWI	Continuous wound infusion
GA	General anaesthetic
GoR	Grade of recommendation
IM	Intramuscular
Intra-op	Intra-operatively
IV	Intravenous
LA	Local anesthetic
LM-TAP	Lateral-to-medial approach for transversus abdominis plane
LoE	Level of evidence
NRS	numerical rating scale
PACU	post-anaesthesia care unit
PCA	Patient-controlled analgesia
PCEA	Patient-controlled epidural analgesia
POD	Postoperative day
PONV	Postoperative nausea and vomiting
Postop	Postoperatively
Pre-op	Pre-operatively
TAP Block	Transversus abdominis plane block
TEA	Thoracic epidural analgesia
VAS	Visual analogue score
VNRS	Verbal numeric rating scale
VNS	Verbal numerical scale
VRS	Verbal rating scale

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