Post-Anesthesia recovery time in children undergoing hypospadias correction with general anesthesia in bandung

Anesthesia is defined as the loss of pain sensation, with or without the loss of consciousness. After the anesthetic is discontinued and surgery is completed, the patient is routinely managed in the recovery room, also known as the Post Anesthesia Care Unit (PACU). One of the primary goals of PACU is to monitor and document the recovery time before the patient is transferred to a general ward or an intensive care unit. One of the post-operative complications in pediatric patients is delayed emergence from anesthesia. This is defined as the failure to regain consciousness within 30–60 minutes after discontinuation of anesthesia. Delayed emergence is often a residual effect of anesthetic, sedative, and analgesic drugs. Hypospadias is one of the various surgical conditions among pediatric patients. Indonesia reports a relatively high incidence of hypospadias. This study aimed to determine the postoperative anesthesia recovery time following hypospadias correction in children with ASA physical status I and II at Bandung City Hospital from 2017 to 2020. This cross-sectional study utilized secondary data from medical records, with a sample of 69 people meeting the inclusion criteria. The results showed a mean recovery time of 59.70 minutes, with the shortest recovery time being 45 minutes and the longest 135 minutes. Regarding operative duration, 89.9% of cases (62 people) were completed within ≤ 75 minutes, while 10.1% (7 people) required > 75 minutes.