No differences were found in overall pain experienced during the entire oocyte retrieval procedure with POB compared to PCB.

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The respiratory profiles during recovery from gynaecological laparoscopy with either desflurane/N2O or desflurane anaesthesia were similar with fast resumption of spontaneous breathing, short time to extubation, and no signs of CO2 retention.

Irrespective of which agent was discontinued first there was an increase in cardiac output decrease in oxygenation and a modest acidosis in the first 30-min recovery period. The only significant difference between the groups was in mean arterial blood pressure in the early emergence phase with a greater MAP when N2O had been used until the conclusion of anaesthesia.