• E Tercan, M S Kotanoglu, K Yildiz, K Dogru, and A Boyaci.
• Department of Anaesthesiology and Reanimation, Erciyes University Medical Faculty, Kayseri, Turkey. etercan@erciyes.edu.tr
• Acta Anaesthesiol Scand. 2005 Feb 1;49(2):243-7.

BackgroundThe aim of this study was to investigate the recovery properties of desflurane and sevoflurane in patients undergoing elective surgery, according to the gender differences.MethodsIn the study, 160 ASA class I-II patients aged between 20 and 60 years were included. The patients were assigned into two groups according to their gender, and these groups were randomly divided into two groups according to a selected volatile anaesthetic agent. Intraoperative bispectral index, time of postoperative achievement for end-tidal concentrations of volatile agents to decline 50% (ET-AA%50), time for extubation, time for eye opening and orientation, and time for bispectral index values to reach control values were recorded. Aldrete scores and error points of a delayed memory recall test were determined.ResultsDesflurane groups had a shorter ET-AA%50 time, extubation and eye-opening time in male and female patients compared to the sevoflurane groups, and these results were statistically significant (P < 0.05). In both the desflurane and sevoflurane groups, ET-AA%50 time, extubation and eye-opening time were shorter in male patients than in female patients, and these results were also statistically significant (P < 0.05). There were no significant differences among the groups in terms of Aldrete scores and error points of delayed memory recall test (P > 0.05).ConclusionIn conclusion, early recovery time was shorter in male patients compared to female patients in both the desflurane and sevoflurane groups. Additionally, in the desflurane groups it was shorter in the sevoflurane groups for both genders.

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