Abstract
Thirty patients of ASA grade I and II posted for elective spine surgery in prone position under general anesthesia were selected for the study. The patients were randomly assigned into two groups, Sevoflurane (Group S, n=15) and Propofol (Group P, n=15).A standard premedication and induction regimen was followed in all cases. Group S patients received N 2O / O 2 / Sevoflurane / Vecuronium and Group P received N 2O / O 2 / Propofol infusion / Vecuronium for maintenance of anesthesia to a desired level. Recovery was assessed with a simulated wake up test and a simple behavioral score was employed to assesses the over all recovery. The observation revealed that maintenance of anesthesia with sevoflurane was associated with a faster recovery than propofol anesthesia. But in a pharmacoeconomic based approach the increased cost of sevoflurane has to be linked with the benefits of rapid emergence.
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