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Abstract
Over the past three decades. outpatient, or arnbuiatory, surgery has grown at an exponential rate progressing from the practice of performing simple procedures on healthy patlenb to Include a broad spectrum of patient care in freestanding ambulatory centers and owes’.
This rapid growth in ambulatory surgery would not have been possible without the changing role of the anaestheslologisb and the development of ambulatory anaesthesla as a oubspeclaityThe aaYaiiablllty of shorter acUnganaeotheUc,analgeslc and muscle relaxant drugs has improved the recovery process allowing more extensive procedures to be performed on a wide vanity of patient Ambulatory surgery can offer a number of advantages for both patients and hospitals. Many patients, espectaiiy children and the elderly. prefer to have tbetrsurgic~proceduresperformecias outpatlenb because it decreases sepaelaUon from their familiar home envtronmentelea.