Adult patients undergoing elective laparoscopic or robotic assisted nephrectomy are randomly allocated to receive propofol based total intravenous anesthesia (n=75) or desflurane (n=75). The quality of recover after surgery using the QoR-15K was assessed by a investigator at postoperative day (POD) 1, 2, and 3. The primary outcome is the QoR-15K at POD 1, 2, and 3 after surgery.
This prospective, randomized, single-blinded study is designed to compare the postoperative quality of recovery between propofol based total intravenous anesthesia and desflurane in patients undergoing minimally invasive nephrectomy. We hypothesize that propofol based total intravenous anesthesia can significantly improve the quality of recovery after surgery in patients with minimally invasive nephrectomy.