• J Neurosurg Anesthesiol · Apr 2010

    Randomized Controlled Trial Multicenter Study Comparative Study

    Emergence times are similar with sevoflurane and total intravenous anesthesia: results of a multicenter RCT of patients scheduled for elective supratentorial craniotomy.

    • Enrico Lauta, Crescenza Abbinante, Alfredo Del Gaudio, Fulvio Aloj, Margherita Fanelli, Paolo de Vivo, Concezione Tommasino, and Tommaso Fiore.
    • Anesthesia and Intensive Care Unit I, Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria Consorziale Policlinico, Bari, Italy. elauta@rianima.uniba.it
    • J Neurosurg Anesthesiol. 2010 Apr 1;22(2):110-8.

    BackgroundNearly every anesthetic agent has been used for craniotomy, yet the choice between intravenous or volatile agents has been considered an area of significant debate in neuroanesthesia. We designed a Randomized Clinical Trial to test the hypothesis that inhalation anesthesia (sevoflurane/remifentanil--group S) reduces emergence time by 5 minutes compared with intravenous anesthesia (propofol/remifentanil--group P) in patients undergoing neurosurgery for supratentorial neoplasms.MethodsAdult ASA I-III elective patients were randomly assigned to group S or P. The primary outcome was time to reach an Aldrete test score (AS) of more than equal to 9; secondary outcomes were times to eyes opening (TEO) and extubation (ET), adverse events, intraoperative hemodynamics, brain relaxation score (BRS), opioid consumption, and diuresis.ResultsNo significant differences were found between S (n=149) and P (n=153) treatments in primary outcomes: median time to reach AS=9 was 5 minutes (25th to 75th percentile 5 to 10 minutes in both groups, P > or = 0.05); and 15 minutes to reach AS=10 (P group 95% CI=10.3-19.7 min; S group 95% CI=11.4-18.5 min, P > or = 0.05) in both groups. TEO and ET expressed as median values (95% CI) were, respectively: 8 (6.8 to 9.2) minutes in group P versus 6 (4.6 to 7.4) in group S, P < 0.05; 10 (9.6 to 10.4) minutes in group P versus 8 (7 to 9) in group S, P < 0.05. Shivering, postoperative nausea and vomiting, pain, and seizure during the first 3 postoperative hours were not significantly different between the 2 groups, nor was BRS. Hypotension was more frequent in group S. Intraoperative diuresis and opioid consumption were greater in group P.ConclusionsSevoflurane/remifentanil neuroanesthesia is not superior to propofol/remifentanil in time to reach an AS > or = 9.

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