… essential measure if day surgery is to be … day surgery, spinal anaesthesia must be modified
to reduce the extent and duration of motor block while retaining a useful degree of analgesia. …

… spinal anaesthesia. Lidocaine was previously the agent used for shortacting spinal anaesthesia,
until … equina syndrome (2) when used intrathecally. These neurological problems made …

… In conclusion, we must agree with the findings of the carlier study that spinal anaesthesia
is not an acccptable tcchnique in the young day … Spinal anaesthesia for outpatient surgery. …

… In this article we review the intrathecal local anaesthetic agents relevant for ambulatory
surgery. The availability and licensing of these drugs for intrathecal use in the UK and USA are …

… An increasing number of day-case surgical patients is challenging the presently used
methods of anaesthesia: reliable surgical anaesthesia should be fast, with rapid recovery …

… for the successful application of spinal anesthesia in day surgery are good patient … analgesia,
the use of short-acting local anesthetics for spinal anesthesia, fast work by the surgeons, …

… the foremost factor in limiting the use of spinal anaesthesia for outpatient surgery. The use
of non-cutting pencil point needles greatly reduces the incidence.The use of smaller gauge, …

… a high or total spinal anaesthetic and results in … use of spinal anaesthesia in the outpatient,
including its performance, side effects, complications and combination with other anaesthetic …

… Diagnostic spinal puncture with relatively large bore needles is often … outpatient departmenk5
We therefore decided to use spinal anaesthesia for outpatients undergoing minor surgery …

… day surgery is whether regional anaesthesia offers significant benefits over general anaesthesia
for ambulatory surgery. … However, the indications for regional anaesthesia vary from one …