Sevoflurane vs. Isoflurane for Low-Flow General Anaesthesia for Abdominal Surgery

Summary

Two groups of patients are going to have abdominal surgery with low-flow general anaesthesia. Group A (sevoflurane group, experimental group) will use volatile anaesthetic sevoflurane. Group B (isoflurane group, control group) will use volatile anaesthetic isoflurane. It will be observed differences between volatile anaesthetic sevoflurane and volatile anaesthetic isoflurane for providing low-flow general anaesthesia for abdominal surgery. Duration of this randomised controled trial will be approximately 2 months. Estimated sample size will be 82 persons (41 in sevoflurane group and 41 in isoflurane group).

Timeline

Start

2007-09

Primary completion

2007-11

Completion

2007-11

Publications

• Background Mahajan VA, Ni Chonghaile M, Bokhari SA, Harte BH, Flynn NM, Laffey JG. Recovery of older patients undergoing ambulatory anaesthesia with isoflurane or sevoflurane. Eur J Anaesthesiol. 2007 Jun;24(6):505-10. doi: 10.1017/S0265021506001980. Epub 2007 Jan 4.
• Background Venkatesh BG, Mehta Y, Kumar A, Trehan N. Comparison of sevoflurane and isoflurane in OPCAB surgery. Ann Card Anaesth. 2007 Jan;10(1):46-50. doi: 10.4103/0971-9784.37924.
• Background Seitsonen ER, Yli-Hankala AM, Korttila KT. Similar recovery from bispectral index-titrated isoflurane and sevoflurane anesthesia after outpatient gynecological surgery. J Clin Anesth. 2006 Jun;18(4):272-9. doi: 10.1016/j.jclinane.2005.12.005.
• Background Sakai EM, Connolly LA, Klauck JA. Inhalation anesthesiology and volatile liquid anesthetics: focus on isoflurane, desflurane, and sevoflurane. Pharmacotherapy. 2005 Dec;25(12):1773-88. doi: 10.1592/phco.2005.25.12.1773.
• Background Nakayama M, Kanaya N, Edanaga M, Namiki A. Hemodynamic and bispectral index responses to tracheal intubation during isoflurane or sevoflurane anesthesia. J Anesth. 2003;17(4):223-6. doi: 10.1007/s00540-003-0186-4.

Drugs

Indications

No indication recorded.