The anaesthetic techniques usually used is general anaesthesia, having the advantage of including the use of current drugs such as remiphentanyl, sevoflurane or desflurane allowing rapid awakening and rapid change in anaesthetic depth. However, it presents the inconvenience of immediate postoperative pain, above all, procedures including retropectoral mammaplasty and lipectomy with abdominal muscle tucking. The other regularly used technique is epidural anaesthesia with sedation which provides multiple advantages such as reducing the risk of deep venous thrombosis, less bleeding and suitable analgesia during immediate postoperative period.
Las técnicas anestésicas usualmente utilizadas son la anestesia general, con las bondades que incluye el uso de fármacos actuales, como el remifentanil, sevoflurano o Desflurano, los cuales permiten un rápido despertar y rápido cambio de profundidad anestésica, sin embargo presenta el inconveniente del dolor postquirúrgico inmediato, sobre todo los procedimientos que incluyen la mamoplastia retropectoral y la lipectomia con plicatura de músculos abdominales.