Owing to burgeoning improvements in surgical technology, anaesthesia and pain medicine, ambulatory anaesthesia for
outpatient surgery has become commonplace, with a proportion of 66% in the United States of America, 50% in the United
Kingdom, 11%-23% in India and an ambitious 75% in the next decade. Its advent was driven by financial and economic
issues which it adequately abates by 25%-75% lesser than an inpatient procedure. Among other benefits to patients,
healthcare providers, insurance companies and hospitals, outpatient anaesthesia decreases costs, minimises respiratory
failure, enhances early hospital discharge, contributes to the economic growth of the nation, and decreases exposure to
nosocomial infections. The growing complexity of surgical methods and number of comorbidities these days have increased
the indications for ambulatory anaesthesia. In order for it to be safe and successful, the appropriate selection of patients,
surgical and anaesthetic methods as well as postoperative management should be considered simultaneously. Nevertheless,
ambulatory anaesthesia is still hindered by limited resources, inadequate expertise, and poor coordination between medical
and organisational aspects of care in some countries. This problem can be minimized by providing resources and the
training of healthcare providers on better organisation and the use and manipulation of these equipment through seminars
and conferences. Furthermore, the global burden of disease study projects an increase in future anaesthesia demands due
to the ever rising disease burden worldwide. This can be resolved by adequately managing the challenges of ambulatory
anaesthesia and creating more centers either within or without hospitals. By and large, safe and convenient cost-effective
methods to ensure patient’s quick return to function and recovery are necessary in ambulatory anaesthesia. Still and all,
many challenges are being confronted daily, and numerous barriers have to be broken before ambulatory anaesthesia and
surgery can make its concrete place and establishment in the clinical society.
Surgical Technology, Anaesthesia and Pain Medicine, Ambulatory Anaesthesia for Outpatient Surgery
