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Section Type: RESULTS

Text: Following a similar time of operation and anesthesia and a similar total dose of fentanyl (0. 69 mg + / - 0. 23 SD versus 0. 67 mg + / - 0. 16 SD), postoperatively, there were no significant differences between the buprenorphine - and the control group regarding the time till extubation (25. 2 min + / - 6. 1 versus 33. 3 min + / - 5. 0) and the arterial blood gases under oxygen inhalation (paO2 136 torr + / - 48 SD versus 128 torr + / - 35 SD ; paCO2 43. 3 torr + / - 3. 3 SD versus 41. 9 torr + / - 1. 2 SD and the post-anesthetic vigilance and recovery score (6. 8 + / - 1. 0 versus 7. 5 + / - 0. 8) 60 minutes after end of anesthesia.