Obesity surgery
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Randomized Controlled Trial Comparative Study Clinical Trial
Total intravenous anesthesia versus single breath technique and anesthesia maintenance with sevoflurane for bariatric operations.
The choice of anesthetic technique for general anesthesia in morbidly obese patients remains controversial. We aimed to compare blood gases, recovery and hemodynamic parameters using TIVA and sevoflurane anesthesia in bariatric surgery. ⋯ While sevoflurane induction and maintenance is a suitable anesthetic modality for obese patients, TIVA can be applied easily in those patients possessing no extra risk factors other than morbid obesity.