Day Case Surgery under Local Anaesthesia

Contents

1.Introduction

2.Organisational issues

3.Advantages and disadvantages of local anaesthesia

4.Principles of local anaesthetic techniques

5.Surgery under local anaesthesia in primary care

6.Local anaesthetic procedures for surgical specialties

a.Urological surgery

b.Varicose vein surgery

c.Surgical treatment of haemorrhoids

d.Foot surgery

e.Plastic surgery

f.Gynaecological surgery