List of original publications

This thesis has been written based on the following original articles after permission by the Elsevier Sciences. The articles are referred to in the text by their corresponding Roman numerals.

I Martikainen M, Kaukoranta P & Kangas-Saarela T (1998) Home readiness after day-case knee arthroscopy: spinal, desflurane, isoflurane or propofol anaesthesia? Ambulatory Surgery 6: 215–9.

II Martikainen M & Kangas-Saarela T (2000) Cost-effective anaesthesia for outpatient arthroscopic knee surgery: spinal, desflurane, isoflurane or propofol anaesthesia? Ambulatory Surgery 8: 63–6.

III Martikainen M, Kangas-Saarela T, Löppönen A & Salomäki T (2000) One-week recovery profiles after spinal, propofol, isoflurane and desflurane anaesthesia in ambulatory knee arthroscopy. Ambulatory Surgery 8: 139–42.

IV Martikainen M, Kangas-Saarela T, Löppönen A, Ohtonen P & Salomäki T (2001) Two percent lidocaine spinal anaesthesia compared with sevoflurane anaesthesia in ambulatory knee surgery – cost-effectiveness, home readiness and recovery profiles. Ambulatory Surgery 9: 77–81.