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Methods: Sixty-six patients who underwent laparoscopic subtotal gastrectomy were randomly allocated to receive either TCI-based sufentanil or remifentanil in TIVA with remimazolam. The primary endpoint was the cumulative fentanyl consumption within 24 h after surgery. The secondary outcomes were pain intensity at rest and during activity, and recovery parameters including time to extubation, length of post-anesthesia care unit (PACU) stay, and quality of recovery (QoR-40) on postoperative day 1 (POD1). Results: The cumulative fentanyl consumption over the 24 h postoperative period was similar between the two groups. However, compared with the remifentanil group, the sufentanil group required significantly less fentanyl during the immediate postoperative period (0\u20130.5 h) (p &lt; 0.001) and exhibited lower pain scores both at rest and during activity during the first postoperative hour (p &lt; 0.001). Although the Sedation-Agitation Scale score at PACU admission was significantly lower in the sufentanil group (p &lt; 0.001), the overall recovery profiles, including time to extubation, PACU stay, and QoR-40 scores on POD 1, were comparable between the groups. Conclusions: TCI-based sufentanil and remifentanil in TIVA with remimazolam showed similar overall analgesic efficacies and recovery outcomes after laparoscopic subtotal gastrectomy. 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