(1) Estimating actual post-anaesthesia care units (PACU) length of stay (LOS) for patients after general and regional anaesthesia. (2) Estimating appropriate PACU LOS for patients after general and regional anaesthesia. (3) Measuring the gap between actual and appropriate PACU LOS and identifying the main factors affecting LOS.

The patient’s post-operative clinical condition, type of anaesthetic and type of surgery dictate post-operative care and monitoring requirements. There is no consensus in the literature regarding the ‘Gold Standard’ for discharging patients from PACU. Some studies focus on PACU LOS as a secondary outcome when comparing different anaesthetic methods and locating factors delaying patient discharge.

This was a prospective study with 580 patients, mainly undergoing planned surgery. The data was gathered from patient records, maintaining anonymity for six months.

Required LOS following regional anaesthesia was longer than following general anaesthesia. The gap between actual and appropriate LOS was 0.17 hours. The main reason for delay was waiting for transport assistance.

Minimally invasive surgical techniques are a revolutionary and innovative approach to the practice of surgery. Endovascular aneurysm repair (EVAR) may offer a number of significant advantages in comparison with conventional open surgical repair.

The purpose of this study was to compare regional anaesthesia (RA) and general anaesthesia (GA) in EVAR, and to describe the surgical nursing interventions.

This included a retrospective analysis of 160 consecutive patients (age 55 to 96 years) who underwent EVAR under: epidural anaesthesia (EDA = 60 patients), combined spinal and epidural anaesthesia (Combined = 40 patients) and GA = 60 patients.

Results were successful in all patients and no mortality was noticed. Among the GA group, 11 patients needed ICU support while only 5 from the other 2 groups. Furthermore, a statistically significant difference regarding median hospital stay was also noticed in favour of the regional group.

In conclusion, RA is a safe and effective anaesthetic method for endovascular repair of abdominal aneurysms, offering several advantages including simplicity, haemodynamic stability, less need for ICU management and reduced hospital stay. The anaesthetic nurse can play a major role in the management of this anaesthesia throughout the procedure.