Anesthesia for Same Day Discharge After Craniotomy: Review of a Single Center Experience

Same day discharge or outpatient surgery for intracranial procedures has become possible with the advent of image-guided minimally invasive approaches to surgery and availability of short-acting anesthetic agents. In addition, patient satisfaction and the benefits of avoiding hospital stay have resulted in the evolution of neurosurgical day surgery. We reviewed our experience and the available literature to determine the perioperative factors involved which have promoted and will improve this concept in the future. Craniotomy and biopsy for supratentorial brain tumors and surgical clipping of intact cerebral aneurysms have been successfully performed as day surgeries. Patient perceptions and satisfaction surveys have helped in better understanding and delivery of care and successful outcomes. There are major differences in health care across the globe along with socioeconomic, medicolegal, and ethical disparities, which must be considered before widespread application of this approach. Nevertheless, collaborative effort by surgeons, anesthesiologists, and nurses can help in same day discharge of patients after cranial neurosurgery. Veena Sheshadri, MD, Department of Neuroanesthesia and Neurocritical Care, Gleneagles Global Hospitals, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India. All the authors contributed substantially to the conception and design of the manuscript and to the interpretation of data. S.V., V.L., and M.P.: contributed to the literature search, acquisition, and analysis of data. The authors have no funding or conflicts of interest to disclose. Address correspondence to: Lashmi Venkatraghavan, MD, FRCA, FRCPC, Department of Anesthesia, Toronto Western Hospital, University Health Network, University of Toronto, 399 Bathurst St, Toronto, ON, M5T 2S8, Canada (e-mail: lashmi.venkatraghavan@uhn.on.ca). Received May 29, 2017 Accepted November 28, 2017 Copyright © 2018 Wolters Kluwer Health, Inc. All rights reserved

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