Table II.
Perioperative characteristics of patients operated for colon, rectal, or breast cancer between 1997 and 2010.
| Colon cancer |
Rectal cancer |
Breast cancer |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Propofol | Sevoflurane | Propofol | Sevoflurane | Propofol | Sevoflurane | |
| Duration of anaesthesia | ||||||
| Mean (SD), minutes | 253 (83) | 230 (75) | 366 (93) | 349 (72) | 119 (41) | 110 (43) |
| Epidural anaesthesia | ||||||
| No | 11 | 88 | 2 | 5 | 620 | 1176 |
| Yes | 168 | 406 | 102 | 188 | 0 | 0 |
| Nitrous oxide | ||||||
| Yes | 0 | 7 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 305 |
| No | 155 | 463 | 90 | 179 | 533 | 792 |
| Blood loss | ||||||
| Mean (SD), mL | 350 (349) | 375 (384) | 815 (755) | 857 (551) | 85 (134) | 137 (172) |
| Transfusions | ||||||
| 1 | 34 | 94 | 17 | 45 | 6 | 26 |
| 2 | 24 | 66 | 17 | 39 | 1 | 12 |
| 3 | 6 | 12 | 9 | 11 | 0 | 2 |
| 4+ | 1 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 3 |
| Duration of surgery | ||||||
| Mean (SD), minutes | 204 (77) | 185 (71) | 309 (90) | 294 (69) | 86 (38) | 80 (40) |
| Type of surgery | ||||||
| Emergency | 11 | 129 | – | – | – | – |
| Elective | 168 | 387 | – | – | – | – |
| Re-operations | ||||||
| No re-operations | 148 | 453 | 59 | 124 | 480 | 891 |
| One or more re-operations | 31 | 63 | 45 | 78 | 140 | 326 |
| Type of anaesthesia (during re-operation) | ||||||
| Propofol | 12 | 9 | 20 | 19 | 103 | 49 |
| Sevoflurane | 17 | 50 | 25 | 57 | 34 | 270 |
| Other | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 |