Anaesthesia for daycase gynaecological laparoscopy: a survey of clinical practice in the United Kingdom

Gynaecological laparoscopy is a daycase procedure that can be associated wi th significant morbidity and patients may require admission to hospital for overnight stay. Following a decision to administer intraperitoneal bupivac aine routinely to such patients in our day surgery unit, we wished to estab lish whether this was routine practice elsewhere. We therefore carried out a postal survey of consultant anaesthetists in the UK who regularly anaesth etise patients undergoing daycase gynaecological laparoscopy, addressing a number of clinical issues. The results of the survey are presented, discuss ed and compared with published advice.