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October 1999. Contents

Editorial. Teaching in the ambulatory surgery unit
PEM Jarrett.

Ambulatory surgery: an organisational and cultural revolution, a social and political challenge.
Claude De Lathouwer.

Comparison of ondansetron, dimenhydrinate versus placebo as PONV prophylaxis for outpatient gynecological laparoscopy.
Harminder S. Sandhu, Carol A. Stockall, Sugantha Ganapathy, Salvatore M. Spadafora, James T. Watson.

Does laparoscopy make splenectomy a safe ambulatory operation?: Preliminary results.
Andrus J Voitk, Jacobo Joffe, Larry Grossman.

Report from the 14th Annual Meeting Society for Ambulatory Anesthesia.
Benard V Wetchler.

Abstracts
Axillary blockade of the brachial plexus. Incidents and complications.
S Ortega, C Gómez-Muňoz, L Muňoz, JP Ortega, MA García-Enguita, P Arauzo, A Solanas.
Spinal anaesthesia with mepivacaine for ambulatory surgery.
J Castillo Monsegur, M Arilla Montanuy, JC Cabrera Ruiz-Lopera,F Escolano Villén, J Castaňo Santa
Ocular hypertension prevalence at the Hospital de Sant Joan day-case unit
P Romero, O Espeso, I Martínez, D Del Castillo.
Oral ambulatory surgery. A two years experience.
A Rodríguez-Armijo Sánchez, MJ Romero Alvarez, BMaJ Camelo Ordaz, BS León Ferrera, PA Gallardo García.
Conservative and haemodynamic treatment of the venous insufficiency on an ambulatory basis.
L del Campo Senosiain, MaE del Campo Pena.
What is the input of short stay surgery to the ambulatory surgical units?
JM Villar del Moral, JB García Martos, JM Martín Ruiz de la Herrán, J García Rubio, JM Hernández García, PM Ruiz Lorenzo, JT Torres Alcala.
Laparoscopic cholecistectomy. A retrospective survey on 147 cases.
E Córdoba Díaz de Laspra, J Bernal Jaulín, L Lahuerta Lorente, A Martínez Germán, E Gonzalvo, C Ceballos Alonso, P García Fabián, V Ferreira Montero.