title: Day-surgery patients anesthetized with propofol have less postoperative pain than those anesthetized with sevoflurane.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  There have been recent studies suggesting that patients anesthetized with propofol have less postoperative pain compared with patients anesthetized with volatile anesthetics.
  
  
  METHODS
  In this randomized, double-blind study, 80 patients undergoing day-case diagnostic laparoscopic gynecological surgery were either anesthetized with IV propofol or sevoflurane. The primary outcome measured was pain on a visual analog scale.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Patients anesthetized with propofol had less pain compared with patients anesthetized with sevoflurane (P = 0.01). There was no difference in any of the other measured clinical outcomes.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The patients anesthetized with propofol appeared to have less pain than patients anesthetized with sevoflurane.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anaesthesia and Perioperative Medicine, Coombe Women and Infants University Hospital, Cork St., Dublin 8, Ireland. tutan@me.com
authors.forename: Terry
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Tan
authors.forename: Rajesh
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Bhinder
authors.forename: Michael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Carey
authors.forename: Liam
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Briggs
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D015760:Alfentanil / Q000627:therapeutic use; D000556:Ambulatory Surgical Procedures / Q000379:methods*; D000701:Analgesics, Opioid / Q000627:therapeutic use; D000762:Anesthesia Recovery Period; D000769:Anesthesia, Inhalation; D000771:Anesthesia, Intravenous; D018685:Anesthetics, Inhalation; D018686:Anesthetics, Intravenous; D000894:Anti-Inflammatory Agents, Non-Steroidal / Q000627:therapeutic use; D004311:Double-Blind Method; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D010535:Laparoscopy; D008297:Male; D008738:Methyl Ethers; D016343:Monitoring, Intraoperative; D009020:Morphine / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000627:therapeutic use; D010147:Pain Measurement; D010149:Postoperative Pain / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000453:epidemiology*; D020250:Postoperative Nausea and Vomiting / Q000453:epidemiology; D015742:Propofol; D011446:Prospective Studies; D000077149:Sevoflurane
chemical_list: D000701:Analgesics, Opioid; D018685:Anesthetics, Inhalation; D018686:Anesthetics, Intravenous; D000894:Anti-Inflammatory Agents, Non-Steroidal; D008738:Methyl Ethers; D015760:Alfentanil; D000077149:Sevoflurane; D009020:Morphine; D015742:Propofol