Multiple scientific studies and articles in this publication have touted the advantages of regional anesthesia for ambulatory surgery patients.1 The superior pain relief allows for a dramatically rapid recovery, with patients often leaving within 15 minutes of the end of a procedure. With excellent analgesia, there is no need to titrate intravenous or oral opioids with the associated risks of nausea and vomiting.2 The greatest advantages are seen when peripheral nerve blocks are used, since they do not limit ambulation. Even spinal anesthesia, with the right choice of drugs and dosages, can provide competitive discharges in the outpatient setting, and the short duration spinal anesthetics do not carry the risk of urinary retention previously associated with the longer-acting blocks.3