Perioperative hypercoagulation in cancer patients is frequently a concern for the anesthesiologist. Ιt is not clarified yet whether the choice of anesthetic technique offers significant advantages for the prevention of postoperative complications. For this purpose, a prospective, randomized clinical trial was conducted. Forty-two female patients with ovarian cancer, undergoing abdominal hysterectomy, were randomized in three groups.
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The aim of this study was to estimate the incidence of postoperative vomiting (POV) in patients undergoing operations under general anaesthesia, as well as the application of a simple risk score for prediction of POV. Four hundred thirty one patients scheduled to undergo four different kinds of surgical procedures under general anaesthesia (mastectomy, thyreoidectomy, abdominal hysterectomy, laparoscopic cholecystectomy) were included in the study.
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