American journal of otolaryngology
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Randomized Controlled Trial Comparative Study Clinical Trial
Propofol versus isoflurane for endoscopic sinus surgery.
A previous retrospective study reported that propofol anesthesia decreased bleeding during endoscopic sinus surgery compared with isoflurane. We performed a prospective study to compare the effects of propofol versus isoflurane on measured blood loss and the surgeon's subjective assessment of operating conditions during endoscopic sinus surgery. ⋯ In our study, surgical blood loss was the same for both anesthetic agents overall, but propofol appeared to offer an advantage in terms of subjective improvement in operating conditions, particularly in the ethmoid and sphenoid sinuses.