Trial reportBMC anesthesiology2020
Comparison of the impact of propofol versus sevoflurane on early postoperative recovery in living donors after laparoscopic donor nephrectomy: a prospective randomized controlled study.
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- Comparing subjective quality of recovery between remimazolam- and propofol-based total intravenous anesthesia for surgical procedures: a meta-analysis.Systematic reviews · 2024Pooled it
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- A Prospective Randomized Comparison of Postoperative Pain and Complications after Thyroidectomy under Different Anesthetic Techniques: Volatile Anesthesia versus Total Intravenous Anesthesia.Pain research & management · 2021Trial
- Total intravenous anesthesia in kidney transplantation: A narrative review.World journal of transplantation · 2026Article
- Association of preoperative state anxiety and early postoperative recovery in living kidney donors undergoing nephrectomy: A prospective observational study.Journal of anesthesia and translational medicine · 2026Article
- The Variation in Practice of the Living Donor Kidney Transplant Pathway in the UK: Results of a National Survey.Transplant international : official journal of the European Society for Organ Transplantation · 2025Article
- Association Between Anesthetics and Postoperative Delirium in Elderly Patients Undergoing Spine Surgery: Propofol Versus Sevoflurane.Global spine journal · 2024Article
- The Effect of Epidural Analgesia on Quality of Recovery (QoR) after Open Radical Nephrectomy: Randomized, Prospective, and Controlled Trial.Journal of personalized medicine · 2024Article
- The Effect of Epidural Analgesia on Quality of Recovery (QoR) after Radical Prostatectomy.Journal of personalized medicine · 2022Article
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Abstract
backgroundEnhancing postoperative recovery of the donor is important to encourage living kidney donation. We investigated the effects of anesthetic agents (intravenous [IV] propofol versus inhaled [IH] sevoflurane) on the quality of early recovery of healthy living kidney donors after hand-assisted laparoscopic nephrectomy (HALN) under analgesic intrathecal morphine injection.
methodsThis single-center, prospective randomized controlled study enrolled 80 living donors undergoing HALN from October 2019 to June 2020 at Seoul St. Mary's Hospital. Donors were randomly assigned to the IV propofol group or IH sevoflurane group. To measure the quality of recovery, we used the Korean version of the Quality of Recovery-40 questionnaire (QoR-40 K) on postoperative day (POD) 1, and ambulation (success rate, number of footsteps) 6-12 h after surgery and on POD 1. The pain score for the wound site, IV opioid requirement, postoperative complications including incidences of nausea/vomiting, and length of in-hospital stay were also assessed.
resultsThe global QoR-40 K score and all subscale scores (physical comfort, emotional state, physical independence, psychological support, and pain) were significantly higher in the IV propofol group than in the IH sevoflurane group. The numbers of footsteps at all time points were also higher in the IV propofol group. Donors in the IV propofol group had a lower incidence of nausea/vomiting, and a shorter hospitalization period.
conclusionsTotal IV anesthesia with propofol led to better early postoperative recovery than that associated with IH sevoflurane.
trial registrationClinical Research Information Service, Republic of Korea (approval number: KCT0004351 ) on October 18, 2019.
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