Surgery

New surgery data have been reported by K.D. Rohm and co-authors

Published in Medical Devices and Surgical Technology Week, October 5th, 2008

"We evaluated the procedure of postoperative inhalational sedation with sevoflurane using the Anaesthetic Conserving Device (ACD) with regard to recovery times, feasibility and consumption of anaesthetics in comparison to propofol. Prospective, randomised, single-blinded, controlled study in a surgical intensive care unit (ICU) of a 1,000-bed academic hospital," scientists in Ludwigshafen, Germany report.

"Patients and interventions: A total of 70 patients after elective coronary artery bypass graft surgery either received sevoflurane via ACD (n = 35) or propofol (n = 35) for short-term postoperative sedation in the ICU. Measurements and main results: The primary...

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