Obesity surgery
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Randomized Controlled Trial Comparative Study
Postoperative results after desflurane or sevoflurane combined with remifentanil in morbidly obese patients.
This randomized prospective study with blinded postanesthesia care unit (PACU) observers compared the recovery profiles in morbidly obese patients who received sevoflurane or desflurane for maintenance of anesthesia in combination with a remifentanil target controlled infusion (TCI). ⋯ No clinically relevant difference was found in recovery in the PACU between morbidly obese patients anesthetized with desflurane or sevoflurane. Both agents resulted in satisfactory recovery in morbidly obese patients.