Incidence of postoperative nausea and vomiting is not increased by combination of low concentration sevoflurane and propofol compared with propofol alone in patients undergoing laparoscopic gynecological surgery

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Table 1 Demographic data of patients enrolled in the study

Characteristic	Group P [N = 36]	Group SP [N = 36]	P value
Age (years)	41.8 ± 8.0	40.0 ± 8.7	0.24
Height (cm)	158.7 ± 5.5	157.8 ± 6.2	0.80
Weight (kg)	56.3 ± 7.7	57.4 ± 10.2	0.92
BMI (kg/m²)	22.4 ± 3.3	23.0 ± 3.6	0.51
ASA class [n (%)]
I	20 (55.6%)	19 (52.8%)	1.00
II	16 (44.4%)	17 (47.2%)	1.00
PONV risk score	1.1 ± 0.6	1.1 ± 0.7	0.70
Type of surgery (n)
Ovarian cystectomy/tumorectomy	7	17	0.089
Oophorectomy	1	1
Myomectomy	8	5
Endometriosis lesion removal	2	2
Tubalectomy	1	0
Hysterectomy	16	8
Adhesion exfoliation	1	3

Data are presented as mean ± SD or the number of patients and frequency (%). Anesthesia was maintained with propofol (group P) and with a combination of sevoflurane and propofol (group SP)