Recovery of psychomotor function after total intravenous anesthesia with remifentanil-propofol or fentanyl-propofol.

Purpose: Total intravenous anesthesia (TIVA) with propofol combined with remifentanil or fentanyl has commonly been used to achieve general anesthesia. The purpose of this study was to examine recovery of psychomotor function, by use of the Trieger dot test, after TIVA with remifentanil-propofol or with fentanyl-propofol.

Methods: Forty patients were randomly divided into two groups of 20, to receive TIVA with either remifentanil-propofol (group R) or fentanyl-propofol (group F).