Editors: M. M. Begani, Dheeraj V. Mulchandani, Shagufta Choudhary

2019

Successful day surgery depends on teamwork across the patient pathway from the surgeon, anaesthetist and surgeon. Day surgery is not new and is possible to achieve, using a large variety of anaesthetic methods, both old and new. However, there is no doubt that the newer agents we now have available make day surgery possible for an increasing number of longer and more invasive procedures and for patients with more comorbidities.