The primary purpose of this study is to compare the remifentanil requirements in deep versus moderate neuromuscular blocks during the surgical pleth index -guided anesthesia in patients undergoing laparoscopic herniorrhaphy.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
QUADRUPLE
Enrollment
134
maintaining of moderate neuromuscular block (train-of-four count 1-2) during surgery, reversal using neostigmine 50 ug/kg and glycopyrrolate 10 ug/kg
maintaining of deep neuromuscular block (posttetanic count 1-2) during surgery, reversal using sugammadex 4 mg/kg based on actual body weight
Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, Ajou University School of Medicine
Suwon, Gyeonggido, South Korea
Remifentanil Infusion Rate
remifentanil infusion using target effect-site concentration to achieve an surgical pleth index of range between 25 and 50
Time frame: from pneumoperitoneum to removal of laparoscope, an average of 30 minutes
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