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Introduction: Day surgery procedures account for 70% of elective surgeries in some specialities1. In contrast, Neurosurgical patients are mostly inpatients utilizing hospital resources. Day surgery neuroanesthesia is a new concept that requires change in surgical and anesthetic techniques. The aim of our study was to review the anesthetic management of patients undergoing day surgery craniotomy for supra-tentorial brain tumors Methods: After ethics board approval , we reviewed 100 consecutive patients from Feb 2003-Dec 2007 who underwent day surgery craniotomy for brain tumor. The surgeon assigned the day surgery status prospectively. The data collected included patient demographics, anesthetic technique used and perioperative complications Results: Ninety-one patients had awake craniotomy (AC) and 9 had general anesthesia (G/A). All the patients were seen in preoperative anesthesia clinic. Location of tumor, patient cooperation, the need for intraoperative testing determined the choice of anesthesia (awake vs. G/A). All the patients arrived in the morning of surgery and discharged before 1800 hrs. The mean age was 50yrs (range 19-80 yrs), 55 male 45 female. Mean duration of procedure was 160 min (range 80 to 250 mins). All G/A patients (9) had their airway intubated. No airway manipulation was used in AC patients except for oxygen delivery through nasal prongs. Sedation used in AC patients included propofol (n=87), fentanyl (n=85), midazolam (n=85) and remifentanil (n=80). There were no intraoperative conversion from AC to G/A. All the patients stayed in the recovery room for 4hrs and then had a head CT scan to rule out any complication. Successful discharge from day surgery unit was possible in 96% of patients. Four patients were converted to inpatient status due to seizures (2), nausea and anxiety (1) and new neurological deficit (dysphasia)(1). Average time of discharge from hospital was 6hrs after surgery. Discussion: In our experience, day surgery craniotomy is a safe and cost effective technique for a carefully selected group of patients with supratentorial tumors References: 1.
Introduction: Day surgery procedures account for 70% of elective surgeries in some specialities1. In contrast, Neurosurgical patients are mostly inpatients utilizing hospital resources. Day surgery neuroanesthesia is a new concept that requires change in surgical and anesthetic techniques. The aim of our study was to review the anesthetic management of patients undergoing day surgery craniotomy for supra-tentorial brain tumors Methods: After ethics board approval , we reviewed 100 consecutive patients from Feb 2003-Dec 2007 who underwent day surgery craniotomy for brain tumor. The surgeon assigned the day surgery status prospectively. The data collected included patient demographics, anesthetic technique used and perioperative complications Results: Ninety-one patients had awake craniotomy (AC) and 9 had general anesthesia (G/A). All the patients were seen in preoperative anesthesia clinic. Location of tumor, patient cooperation, the need for intraoperative testing determined the choice of anesthesia (awake vs. G/A). All the patients arrived in the morning of surgery and discharged before 1800 hrs. The mean age was 50yrs (range 19-80 yrs), 55 male 45 female. Mean duration of procedure was 160 min (range 80 to 250 mins). All G/A patients (9) had their airway intubated. No airway manipulation was used in AC patients except for oxygen delivery through nasal prongs. Sedation used in AC patients included propofol (n=87), fentanyl (n=85), midazolam (n=85) and remifentanil (n=80). There were no intraoperative conversion from AC to G/A. All the patients stayed in the recovery room for 4hrs and then had a head CT scan to rule out any complication. Successful discharge from day surgery unit was possible in 96% of patients. Four patients were converted to inpatient status due to seizures (2), nausea and anxiety (1) and new neurological deficit (dysphasia)(1). Average time of discharge from hospital was 6hrs after surgery. Discussion: In our experience, day surgery craniotomy is a safe and cost effective technique for a carefully selected group of patients with supratentorial tumors References: 1.
This study has identified the more painful common ambulatory surgical procedures which will allow take home analgesia to be tailored according to individual procedures. Further improvement in analgesic instructions may help in better pain management of ambulatory surgery patients.
The user-friendly feasibility and operability of this internet-based electronic data survey system explain the high compliance and return rate of electronic questionnaires by patients at home after ambulatory surgery. This survey tool therefore provides unique opportunities to evaluate and improve postoperative pain management after ambulatory surgery.
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