Conclusion Ambulatory surgery, as currently practiced, has an excellent safety record. Major
morbidity is infrequent, and death is extremely rare during or following ambulatory surgical …

Conclusion Ambulatory surgery today represents a new challenge for the anaesthetist as the
focus has shifted to the bottom line: cost containment and competitive quality care. The …

Evidence indicates that ambulatory anesthesia is currently very safe. Ambulatory surgery,
however, is being offered to a population with increasing co-morbidity. As the population …

With improvements in surgical and anesthesia techniques and safety over the past several
years, there has been a movement toward performing a larger number and different types of …

ITH the development of minimally invasive surgical procedures, ambulatory surgery in North
America has grown remarkably over the last two decades. 1 This growth is also attributed to …

The practice of medicine has changed dramatically over the past quarter century. These
changes have often wedged physicians into situations in which clinical practice is being …

Ambulatory anesthesia's popularity continues to rise and anesthetic techniques will continue
to morph and adapt to the needs of patients seeking ambulatory surgery. Alterations in …

Currently more than two thirds of surgeries in the United States are done on an ambulatory
basis. Apfelbaum predicts the growth of ambulatory surgeries to be close to 80% of all …

Ambulatory surgery is arguably among the most important trends affecting healthcare in the
last quarter of the twentieth century. Indeed, more than half of surgery done in the United …

Recent advances in anesthetic and surgical prac-tices have facilitated the rapid growth in
ambulatory surgery throughout the world. With the availability of rapid, short-acting …