J Korean Dent Soc Anesthesiol JKDSA Journal of the Korean Dental Society of Anesthesiology 1598-4044 2383-7039 The Korean Dental Society of Anesthesiology 10.17245/jkdsa.2002.2.1.15 Original Article A Clinical Study about Comparison of Inhalation Anesthesia and Intravenous Anesthesia in Oral and Maxillofacial Patients Kim Jin * Lee Mi Joung † Song Hyun Chul ‡ Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Department of Dentistry, Daejeon St. Mary's Hospital, Korea. Department of Anesthesiology, Daejeon St. Mary's Hospital, College of Medicine, The Catholic University, Korea. Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Department of Dentistry, St. Vincent's Hospital, College of Medicine, The Catholic University, Korea. Corresponding Author: (jinmagic@unitel.co.kr) 06 2002 02 06 2016 2 1 15 20 Copyright © 2002 Journal of the Korean Dental Society of Anesthesiology 2002 This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/) which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

Intravenous anesthesia was compared with inhalation anesthesia in 20 patients of oral and maxillofacial surgery. The patients were randomly assigned to two treatment groups so that 20 patients were injected ketamine and propofol and 20 patients were administered enflurane.

The hemodynamic responses of patients and recovery profile of the two groups were compared.

Intravenous anesthesia group awoke significantly faster than inhalation anesthesia after operation.

Time to full recovery in intravenous anesthesia group was significantly shorter than that of inhalation anesthesia group.

We conclude that intravenous anesthesia is a practical technique for oral and maxillofacial surgery patients and intravenous anesthesia may be more preferable because of the significant shortness of recovery time.

 Enflurane Intravenous anesthesia Inhalation anesthesia Ketamine Propofol