ARTICLE
Year : 2009 | Volume
: 12 | Issue : 3 | Page : 311--318
Daycase laparoscopic gynaecological procedures--current trends in anaesthetic management
BO Onajin-Obembe
Department of Anaesthesiology, University of Port Harcourt Teaching Hospital, Port Harcourt, Nigeria
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B O Onajin-Obembe
Department of Anaesthesiology, University of Port Harcourt Teaching Hospital, Port Harcourt, Nigeria
Laparoscopy for gynaecological procedures is minimally invasive and is mostly performed as a daycase. The advancement of laparoscopy and minimal access surgery has greatly influenced the evolution of anaesthetic techniques. Preoperative assessment can be simplified by the use of questionnaires in pre-assessment clinics. Intraoperative intravenous fluid administration improves patient well being while airway management can be by the age-old, tried and trusted orotracheal tube or by the newer laryngeal mask airways. The use of propofol as an induction agent, a short acting non-depolarizing muscle relaxant e.g. mivacurium, an inhalational anaesthetic agent with a fast wake up time e.g. sevoflurane or desflurane, and short acting opioids e.g. fentanyl guarantees quick recovery of patients. The trend towards a multimodal approach to postoperative pain and prevention of postoperative nausea and vomiting (PONV) improves postoperative profile of day case gynaecological patients. Expertise in providing a pneumoperitoneum with carbon dioxide is desirable even as other options for lifting the abdominal wall are being investigated.
How to cite this article:
Onajin-Obembe B O. Daycase laparoscopic gynaecological procedures--current trends in anaesthetic management.Niger J Clin Pract 2009;12:311-318
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