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Postoperative headache is a major issue after general anaesthesia and surgery. The aim of this study is to investigate the possible difference in the occurrence of postoperative headache when general anaesthesia is maintained with propofol, which is supposed to have protective effects on migraine patients, versus sevoflurane.


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Postoperative headache is a major issue after general anaesthesia and surgery. The aim of this study is to investigate the possible difference in the occurrence of postoperative headache when general anaesthesia is maintained with propofol, versus sevoflurane. Propofol acts throught a GABA, and is known to have a therapeutic effect on migraine patients with accute attacts. However, its role on postoperative headache has not been studied, when used for maintainance of anaesthesia, this study aims to investigate the occurrence of headache after anaesthesia and surgery, when patients receive randomly two different anaesthetics: propofol and sevoflurane. ;


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NCT number NCT03789370
Study type Interventional
Source Attikon Hospital
Contact Chrysanthi Batistaki, MD, PhD
Phone 00302105832371
Email chrysabatistaki@yahoo.gr
Status Recruiting
Phase N/A
Start date November 7, 2014
Completion date October 30, 2020

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