Maintenance of Anaesthesia With Sevoflurane Versus Propofol and the Occurrence of Postoperative Headache.

• Status: Unknown status
• Trial end date: 2020-10-30
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: All

Summary

Postoperative headache is a major issue after general anaesthesia and surgery. The aim of this study is to investigate the possible difference in the occurrence of postoperative headache when general anaesthesia is maintained with propofol, which is supposed to have protective effects on migraine patients, versus sevoflurane.

• Phase: N/A
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers?: No

Details

• Lead Sponsor: Attikon Hospital
• Treatments: Anesthetics; Propofol; Sevoflurane

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

• ASA I-III

• scheduled operation under general anaesthesia

• operations <4 hours

• minorgynaecological operatios (leiomyomectomy)

• hernia repair

• arthroscopic procedurs

• minor orthopaedic operations without the use of tourniquet or cement

• saphenectomy

• minor urologic operations

• minor other operations of general surgery

Exclusion Criteria:

• age <18 and >65 years old

• ASA>III

• Diseases of the central nervous system (ie Parkinsons's disease, Multiple sclerosis, previous ischaemic attack, hydrocephalus, seizure disorder, etc)

• Psychosis under medication

• Cognitive impairement or/and inability to fill in the questionaires

• Allergy or contraindication to the study protocol included drugs

• Operations of more than 4 hours duration

• Head and neck procedures, procedures with neck extension (eg thyroidectomy), ENT procedures

• renal impairement

• hepatic impairement

• patient refusal