The Effect of Induction Technique on Postoperative Pain and Agitation

• Status: Completed
• Trial end date: 2014-11-01
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: All

Summary

The objective of this study was to determine (a) whether patients anesthetized with intravenous propofol have less pain compared with sevofluorane for paediatric inguinal hernia and undescended testis operations and (b) whether intravenous propofol anesthesia has better quality of recovery compared with sevofluorane anesthesia in the immediate postoperative period after paediatric inguinal hernia and undescended testis operations.

• Phase: Phase 4
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers?: No

Details

• Lead Sponsor: Mustafa Kemal University
• Treatments: Propofol

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

• American Society of Anesthesiologists I-II

• 2-12 years old patients

• Patients for elective inguinal hernia and undescended testis operations.

Exclusion Criteria:

• Children with developmental problems

• Cerebral palsy

• Down syndrome

• Inborn errors of metabolism

• A history of epileptic fits

• Body weight less than 10 kg or greater than 30 kg (children below age of 6 years with body weight more than 30 kg are definitely obese with a risk of airway obstruction along with the abnormal volume of distribution of drugs if given according to their actual body weight)

• Patients with known allergy to any of the medications used

• Procedures lasted less than 30 min or longer than 2 h.