Robotic approach to laparoscopic surgery has greatly facilitated undertaking complex surgery
inside the abdominal cavity with ease. Robotic surgery is performed under general anaesthesia
(GA), which is commonly administered either via the inhalational route or intravenous route.
Currently, there is paucity of evidence regarding comprehensive patient outcome following
robotic transabdominal surgery. The limited data that is available is restricted to specific
outcome parameters such as hemodynamic profile, recovery times, and concomitant effects
(post-operative nausea vomiting, pain). QoR (quality of recovery)-15 is a patient self-
reported measurement of outcome to assess postoperative QoR. QoR-15 is a15-item questionnaire
that assess physical and mental well-being of the patient after anesthesia and surgery. It is
the first validated outcome assessment scale that has been evaluated using the
Consensus-based Standards for the Selection of health Measurements Instruments (COSMIN) and
fulfils the requirements for assessing QoR postoperatively. We plan to conduct this
randomized controlled-trial to evaluate postoperative QoR using the QoR-15 questionnaire in
patients undergoing robotic abdominal surgery under GA administered by routine techniques,
namely, closed-loop anesthesia delivery system (CLADS) controlled total intravenous
anesthesia (TIVA) with propofol or inhalation anesthesia with desflurane.