The quality of induction and maintenance of anaesthesia were generally similar between the groups. The exception was the incidence of movement during anaesthesia, 14 patients in the propofol group versus 4 patients in the sevoflurane group, (p<0.05).
The incidence of postoperative emesis was increased in the sevoflurane group, (p<0.05), but the patients felt able to perform normal activity after a similar delay (18.4 +/-2.9 hours versus 20.6 +/-2.8 hours, p>0.05).
The weight of uterine aspiration products was higher in the sevoflurane group (293 +/-66 g; range: 110 - 800) than in the propofol group (108 +/-8 g; range: 60 - 160), p=0.004).
Four patients in the sevoflurane group and one in the propofol group needed reoperation. Ambulatory anaesthesia failed in six patients in the sevoflurane group and one patient in the propofol group because of uterine haemorrhage.