Day-surgery patients anesthetized with propofol have less postoperative pain than those anesthetized with sevoflurane.

Authors
Tan, Terry
Bhinder, Rajesh
Carey, Michael
Briggs, Liam
Affiliation
Department of Anaesthesia and Perioperative Medicine, Coombe Women and Infants, University Hospital, Cork St., Dublin 8, Ireland. tutan@me.com
Issue Date
2012-02-01T10:56:59Z
MeSH
Adult
Alfentanil/therapeutic use
Ambulatory Surgical Procedures/*methods
Analgesics, Opioid/therapeutic use
Anesthesia Recovery Period
*Anesthesia, Inhalation
*Anesthesia, Intravenous
*Anesthetics, Inhalation
*Anesthetics, Intravenous
Anti-Inflammatory Agents, Non-Steroidal/therapeutic use

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Citation
Anesth Analg. 2010 Jul;111(1):83-5. Epub 2009 Nov 12.
Journal
Anesthesia and analgesia
URI
http://hdl.handle.net/10147/207991
DOI
10.1213/ANE.0b013e3181c0ee9e
PubMed ID
19910624
Abstract
BACKGROUND: There have been recent studies suggesting that patients anesthetized with propofol have less postoperative pain compared with patients anesthetized with volatile anesthetics. METHODS: In this randomized, double-blind study, 80 patients undergoing day-case diagnostic laparoscopic gynecological surgery were either anesthetized with IV propofol or sevoflurane. The primary outcome measured was pain on a visual analog scale. RESULTS: Patients anesthetized with propofol had less pain compared with patients anesthetized with sevoflurane (P = 0.01). There was no difference in any of the other measured clinical outcomes. CONCLUSIONS: The patients anesthetized with propofol appeared to have less pain than patients anesthetized with sevoflurane.
Language
eng
ISSN
1526-7598 (Electronic)
0003-2999 (Linking)
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