[Patient evaluation of the quality of anesthesia management]

A questionnaire completed by 90 adults after ENT or stomatological surgery showed that most of them were anxious preoperatively, mainly because of anaesthesia and that a "personalized" preanaesthetic examination was the most efficient means to decrease it. Although a majority of them was satisfied with the anaesthetic care, anaesthetic morbidity remains important. The personalization of pre, per and postanaesthetic management by the same anaesthetist is probably the best means for improving the quality of care.