Evaluation Of Intravenous Propofol Anesthesia and Traditional Inhalational Anesthesia in Mastoid Surgery

Abstract

The total intravenous anesthesia (TIVA) due to advent of Propofol for both induction and continuous intravenous maintenance of anesthesia avoids local & global pollution as seen in inhalation anesthestic agents1 and allows rapid recovery of consciousness.2 The intravenous anesthesia is the latest concept of balanced anesthesia, which obviates in need for inhalational agents3 like halothane & isoflurane. Propofol is good for both induction and maintenance of Anesthetic depth and also less of health hazards as occur in inhalational agents.4 Studies have shown that propofol maintain cerebral and spinal cord blood flow autoregulation in experimental animals5 and abolishes the metabolic endocrine stress reaction better than inhalational agents.

Keywords

• INTRAVENOUS
• PROPOFOL
• INHALATIONAL
• MASTOID SURGERY