Effect of VIMA with sevoflurane versus TIVA with propofol or midazolam-sufentanil on the cytokine response during CABG surgery

Abstract

Albeit there is difference between the volatile induction and maintenance of the anaesthesia method and the total intravenous anaesthesia technique on the pro-inflammatory cytokine response to surgical stimulation before starting of cardiopulmonary bypass, neither technique can modify the pro-inflammatory cytokine response to ischaemia-reperfusion or extracorporeal circulation.