The Effect of Induction Technique on Postoperative Pain and Agitation

Summary

The objective of this study was to determine (a) whether patients anesthetized with intravenous propofol have less pain compared with sevofluorane for paediatric inguinal hernia and undescended testis operations and (b) whether intravenous propofol anesthesia has better quality of recovery compared with sevofluorane anesthesia in the immediate postoperative period after paediatric inguinal hernia and undescended testis operations.

Timeline

Start

2014-03

Primary completion

2014-11

Completion

2014-11

Publications

• Results Tan T, Bhinder R, Carey M, Briggs L. Day-surgery patients anesthetized with propofol have less postoperative pain than those anesthetized with sevoflurane. Anesth Analg. 2010 Jul;111(1):83-5. doi: 10.1213/ANE.0b013e3181c0ee9e. Epub 2009 Nov 12.
• Results Li M, Mei W, Wang P, Yu Y, Qian W, Zhang ZG, Tian YK. Propofol reduces early post-operative pain after gynecological laparoscopy. Acta Anaesthesiol Scand. 2012 Mar;56(3):368-75. doi: 10.1111/j.1399-6576.2011.02603.x. Epub 2011 Dec 23.

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