A Prospective Randomized Comparison of Postoperative Pain and Complications after Thyroidectomy under Different Anesthetic Techniques: Volatile Anesthesia versus Total Intravenous Anesthesia
Table 1
Demographics of the study population and basal characteristics.
TIVA group (n = 35)
VA group (n = 37)
value
Age (year)
49.3 ± 13.5
48.4 ± 11.5
0.752
Male
7 (20.0)
9 (24.3)
0.659
Weight (kg)
65.3 ± 12.7
63.1 ± 11.3
0.431
Height (cm)
159.8 ± 7.0
161.0 ± 8.0
0.505
Body mass index (kg/m2)
25.5 ± 4.1
24.2 ± 2.8
0.123
Comorbidities
Diabetes mellitus
3 (8.6)
2 (5.4)
0.670
Hypertension
13 (37.1)
10 (27.0)
0.358
Smoking
5/4 (14.3/11.4)
1/2 (2.7/5.4)
0.114
Alcohol
11 (31.4)
12 (32.4)
0.927
Vital signs at ward in the morning of surgery
Systolic blood pressure
120.6 ± 14.9
117.2 ± 14.8
0.336
Diastolic blood pressure
76.7 ± 8.5
72.3 ± 14.8
0.132
Heart rate
75.2 ± 11.6
75.8 ± 12.5
0.831
Anesthetic duration (min)
91.0 ± 24.7
89.5 ± 20.2
0.776
TIVA = total intravenous anesthesia; VA = volatile anesthesia. Smoking: exsmoker/current smoker. Data are represented with mean ± SD for continuous variables and with number (%) for categorical variables.
