title: Small-dose selective spinal anaesthesia for short-duration outpatient gynaecological laparoscopy: recovery characteristics compared with propofol anaesthesia.
abstract: A randomized controlled trial compared recovery characteristics after selective spinal anaesthesia (SSA) or propofol general anaesthesia (GA) for short-duration outpatient laparoscopic surgery. Forty women were randomized to receive either SSA (1% lidocaine 10 mg, sufentanil 10 microg and sterile water 1.8 ml) or GA (propofol and nitrous oxide 50% in oxygen). Compared with the GA group, times to leaving the operating room, performing a straight leg raise, performing deep knee-bends and achieving an Aldrete score >9 and the time in Phase II recovery were significantly shorter (P < 0.05) in the SSA group.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anaesthesia, Vancouver General Hospital, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada.
authors.forename: A V
authors.initials: AV
authors.lastname: Stewart
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Vaghadi
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Collins
authors.forename: G W
authors.initials: GW
authors.lastname: Mitchell
mesh_terms: D000556:Ambulatory Surgical Procedures; D000762:Anesthesia Recovery Period; D000768:Anesthesia, General; D000775:Anesthesia, Spinal / Q000379:methods*; D019162:Anesthetics, Combined; D018686:Anesthetics, Intravenous; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D010535:Laparoscopy; D008012:Lidocaine; D015742:Propofol; D011446:Prospective Studies; D017409:Sufentanil
chemical_list: D019162:Anesthetics, Combined; D018686:Anesthetics, Intravenous; D008012:Lidocaine; D017409:Sufentanil; D015742:Propofol