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Randomized Controlled Trial
. 2010 Jul;111(1):83-5.
doi: 10.1213/ANE.0b013e3181c0ee9e. Epub 2009 Nov 12.

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

Terry Tan  1 , Rajesh Bhinder, Michael Carey, Liam Briggs
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Randomized Controlled Trial

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

Terry Tan et al. Anesth Analg. 2010 Jul.

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.

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