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British Journal of Anaesthesia, 1982, Vol. 54, No. 11 1213-1215
© 1982 The Board of Management and Trustees of the British Journal of Anaesthesia

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MORBIDITY IN MINOR GYNAECOLOGICAL SURGERY: A COMPARISON OF HALOTHANE, ENFLURANE AND ISOFLURANE

J. A. TRACEY, M.B, B CH, F F A.R.C.S I., D C.H*, A. J. C. HOLLAND, M B., F F.A.R.C.S, D.C.H. and L. UNGER

Department of Anaesthesia, The Montreal General Hospital 1650 Cedar Avenue, Montreal, P.Q. H3G 1A4 Canada

*Present address, for correspondence: Department of Anaesthetics, St Vincent's Hospital, Elm Park, Dublin 4, Ireland.

A comparison was made between halothane, enflurane and isoflurane with regard to their suitability for minor gynaecological procedures in patients who would be leaving the hospital within 24 h of the anaesthetic. Seventy-five healthy patients were randomly allotted to one of three groups which received one of thete anaesthetics. In respect of patient acceptance and postoperative morbidity there were no significant differences between halothane and enflurane, but after isoflurane there was a significantly greater frequency of minor sequelae (headache, nausea, dizziness and coughing) and its pungent odour made it unacceptable to some patients.


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