Objectives: To compare emergence time after Total Intra–venous Anaesthesia (TIVA) using Propofol and Inhalational Anaesthesia using Sevoflurane in minor gynaecological and obstetric procedures.

Patients and Methods: A total of 200 gynaecological patients of ASA–I and II were included in this study. Patients were divided randomly in 2 groups of 100 each using random numbers table. GroupA patients were administered TIVA– Propofol and GroupB patients were given inhalational anaesthesia using Sevoflurane. A stopwatch was started when the anaesthetic drug was discontinued at the end of surgery and was stopped as soon as the patient opened her eyes spontaneously to record the emergence time.

Results: It was observed that GroupA patients who were administered Propofol had a faster emergence time as compared to GroupB patients who were administered Sevoflurane. The mean emergence time of TIVA– Propofol group was 6.24 minutes (SD=0.726) while that of inhalational– Sevoflurane group was 8.52 minutes (SD=1.218). The shorter emergence time of Propofol group was highly significant when compared with the Sevoflurane group (p<0.001).

Conclusion: The study concluded that Propofol provides rapid emergence than Sevoflurane.