ArticleBMC anesthesiology2017
Effects of sevoflurane and propofol on the development of pneumonia after esophagectomy: a retrospective cohort study.
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- Effect of Inhaled Volatile and IV Anesthetics on Biological Markers of Inflammation in Adult ICU and Thoracic Surgical Patients: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Critical care explorations · 2025Pooled it
- Impact of General Anesthetics on Postoperative Infections-A Narrative Review.Life (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Review
- Anesthetic predictors for postoperative pneumonia in patients with non-small cell lung cancer.Journal of thoracic disease · 2024Article
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- Outcomes of intravenous and inhalation anesthesia on patients undergoing esophageal cancer surgery: a retrospective observational study.BMC anesthesiology · 2023Observational
- Is there a relationship between two different anesthetic methods and postoperative length of stay during radical resection of malignant esophageal tumors in China?: a retrospective cohort study.BMC anesthesiology · 2022Article
- Perioperative risk factors for survival outcomes in elective colorectal cancer surgery: a retrospective cohort study.BMC gastroenterology · 2021Article
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- Anesthetic effect of propofol combined with remifentanil or sevoflurane anesthesia on patients undergoing radical gastrectomy.Oncology letters · 2019Article
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Abstract
backgroundPostoperative pneumonia (PP) is one of the common complications following esophagectomy and associated with poor short- and long-term outcomes. Sevoflurane and propofol, which have inflammatory-modulating effects, are common used general anesthetics. This study aimed to compare the effects of anesthesia with sevoflurane and propofol on the development of PP after esophageal surgery for cancer.
methodsThe electronic medical records of patients who underwent elective esophagectomy between July 2013 and July 2016 were reviewed. We conducted univariate and multivariate logistics analysis and propensity score matching analysis to compare the effect of sevoflurane and propofol on the incidence of PP and to identify the risk factors for PP after esophagectomy.
resultsOverall, the incidence of postoperative pneumonia was 9.5%. There was no significant difference in the rates of PP between sevoflurane group and propofol group either before or after propensity score matching (9.6% vs 8.0%, P = 0.606; 7.7% vs 6.4%, P = 0.754, respectively). Univariate and multivariate analysis revealed that alcohol use (OR 1.513; 95% CI 1.062-2.156), surgical procedure (Sweet: referent; Ivor-Lewis: OR 1.993; 95% CI 1.190-3.337; Three-incision: OR 1.878; 95% CI 1.296-2.722) and surgeon experience (high-volume: referent; low-volume: OR 1.525; 95% CI 1.090-2.135) were significant risk factors of postoperative pneumonia.
conclusionsSevoflurane did not differ from propofol in terms of affecting the risk of PP development after esophagectomy.
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