Sevoflurane vs. Isoflurane for Low-Flow General Anaesthesia for Abdominal Surgery

• Status: Completed
• Trial end date: 2007-11-01
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: All

Summary

Two groups of patients are going to have abdominal surgery with low-flow general anaesthesia. Group A (sevoflurane group, experimental group) will use volatile anaesthetic sevoflurane. Group B (isoflurane group, control group) will use volatile anaesthetic isoflurane. It will be observed differences between volatile anaesthetic sevoflurane and volatile anaesthetic isoflurane for providing low-flow general anaesthesia for abdominal surgery. Duration of this randomised controled trial will be approximately 2 months. Estimated sample size will be 82 persons (41 in sevoflurane group and 41 in isoflurane group).

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

Details

• Lead Sponsor: General Hospital Dubrovnik
• Treatments: Anesthetics; Isoflurane; Sevoflurane

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

• Every patient who is older than 18 years and who volunteer for this randomised controled trial and give written permission for participating in this study.

• Patients ASA I or ASA II.

• Only patients who need elective abdominal surgery (not urgent surgery).

• Patient body mass between 60 and 100 kg.

Exclusion Criteria:

• Patients younger than 18 years

• Patients ASA III and higher

• Patients who need urgent abdominal surgery

• Patients allergic to anaesthetics

• Pregnant women

• Patients with neuromuscular diseases; and

• Persons with epidural analgesia catheter.