Specific circumstances

Abstract

This chapter brings together a series of small but important topics relevant to the practice of anaesthesia. First, the oncological impact of anaesthesia is explored. Next, the specific circumstances of anaesthesia for laser surgery are discussed. The third topic is robotic-assisted surgery. The fourth is anaesthesia for day-case surgery. The next two topics are the neurological determination of death, and organ donation surgery. The chapter closes with a discussion of how to handle a major anaesthetic mishap.