Multicenter Randomized Comparison of the Efficacy and Safety of Xenon and Isoflurane in Patients Undergoing Elective Surgery

Abstract

This first randomized controlled multicenter trial on the use of xenon as an inhalational anesthetic confirms, in a large group of patients, that xenon in oxygen provides effective and safe anesthesia, with the advantage of a more rapid recovery when compared with anesthesia using isoflurane-nitrous oxide.