Background
postoperative pain, pain
Propofol is a commonly used intravenous anaesthetic drug. It can be used in total intravenous anaesthesia (TIVA) to maintain general anaesthesia throughout surgery without using inhalational anaesthetics [The postoperative analgesic effect of propofol TIVA is perhaps influenced by the types of surgery and accompanying analgesic regimes [A prospective randomized controlled trial is the reasonable next step to determine propofol TIVA’s analgesic effect for hepatectomy. The main objective of this study is to investigate the effect of propofol TIVA on acute pain intensity and opioid consumption after hepatectomy when compared to inhalational anaesthesia. We hypothesize that propofol TIVA would reduce postoperative pain scores and opioid consumption.