Trial reportBMJ open2020
Comparison of the effects of intravenous propofol and inhalational desflurane on the quality of early recovery after hand-assisted laparoscopic donor nephrectomy: a prospective, randomised controlled trial.
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- Pooled it
- Effects of Ciprofol and Propofol General Anesthesia on Postoperative Recovery Quality in Patients Undergoing Ureteroscopy: A Randomized, Controlled, Double-Blind Clinical Trial.Drug design, development and therapy · 2025Trial
- Comparison of Ciprofol-Based and Propofol-Based Total Intravenous Anesthesia on Postoperative Recovery Quality in Patients Undergoing Hysteroscopic Surgery: A Randomized Non-Inferiority Trial.Drug design, development and therapy · 2025Trial
- Randomized controlled trial of the effect of general anesthetics on postoperative recovery after minimally invasive nephrectomy.Korean journal of anesthesiology · 2024Trial
- Comparison of Postoperative Recovery between Balanced and Total Intravenous Anesthesia in Patients Undergoing Off-Pump Coronary Artery Bypass (OPCAB) Surgery: A Prospective, Single-Blind Randomized Study.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2023Trial
- Quality of recovery in patients administered remimazolam versus those administered an inhalant agent for the maintenance of general anesthesia: a randomized control trial.BMC anesthesiology · 2022Trial
- Intravenous versus inhalational maintenance anaesthesia on postoperative recovery parameters after general anaesthesia: A randomized controlled study.Bioinformation · 2026Article
- A prospective, randomised trial comparing the quality of recovery between full inhalation anaesthesia and total intravenous anaesthesia post gynaecological surgery.Qatar medical journal · 2026Article
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Abstract
objectivesWe compared early recovery outcomes between living kidney donors who received total intravenous (IV) propofol versus inhalational desflurane during hand-assisted laparoscopic nephrectomy.
designA single-centre, prospective randomised controlled trial.
settingUniversity hospital.
participantsStudy participants were enrolled between October 2019 and February 2020. A total of 80 living donors were randomly assigned to an intravenous propofol group (n=40) or a desflurane group (n=40).
interventionPropofol group received intravenous propofol and desflurane group received desflurane, as a maintenance anaesthetic. PRIMARY AND SECONDARY OUTCOME MEASURES: The quality of postoperative functional recovery was primarily assessed using the Korean version of the Quality of Recovery-40 (QoR-40K) questionnaire on postoperative day 1. Secondarily, ambulation, pain score, rescue analgesics, complications and total hospital stay were assessed postoperatively.
resultsOur study population included 35 males and 45 females. The mean age was 46±13 years. The global QoR-40K score (161 (154-173) vs 152 (136-161) points, respectively, p=0.001) and all five subdimension scores (physical comfort, 49 (45-53) vs 45 (42-48) points, respectively, p=0.003; emotional state, 39 (37-41) vs 37 (33-41) points, respectively, p=0.005; psychological support, 30 (26-34) vs 28 (26-32) points, respectively, p=0.04; physical independence, 16 (11-18) vs 12 (8-14) points, respectively, p=0.004; and pain, 31 (28-33) vs 29 (25-31) points, respectively, p=0.021) were significantly higher in the intravenous propofol group than the desflurane group. The early ambulation success rate and numbers of early and total steps were higher, but the incidence of nausea/vomiting was lower, in the intravenous propofol group than the desflurane group. The total hospital stay after surgery was shorter in the intravenous propofol group than the desflurane group.
conclusionsIntravenous propofol may enhance the quality of postoperative recovery in comparison to desflurane in living kidney donors. TRIAL REGISTRATION NUMBER: KCT0004365.
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