Patients will be transferred to the operating room, where standard ASA monitors will be attached. Following preoxygenation with 100% oxygen, fentanyl 2 mcg/kg will be administered intravenously. Anaesthesia will be induced with propofol titrated to loss of verbal response. Atracurium 0.5 mg/kg will be used for muscle relaxation. Direct laryngoscopy and endotracheal intubation will be performed using an appropriately sized laryngoscope and endotracheal tube. Intubation will be performed by a qualified anaesthesiologist with one year of experience. Cormack-Lehmann (CL) grading of laryngoscopy and duration of intubation will be recorded. Controlled ventilation will then be established and titrated to maintain end-tidal carbon dioxide at 30-40 mmHg. Systolic, diastolic, and mean blood pressure, heart rate, and SpO2 will be recorded during intubation and at 1, 3, 5, 8, 11, and 15-minutes post-intubation. If blood pressure increases by more than 25% from baseline, or if heart rate increases by more than 25% from baseline, esmolol 0.5 mg/kg will be administered intravenously to attenuate the hemodynamic response. Depth of anaesthesia will be maintained with sevoflurane to a minimal alveolar concentration (MAC) of 1. Intraoperative analgesics, fluids, blood products and vasopressors will be administered at the discretion of the consultant anaesthesiologist. Thirty minutes before the end of surgery, ondansetron 0.1 mg/kg will be administered intravenously. All patients will be reversed with neostigmine 0.05 mg/kg and glycopyrrolate 0.02mg/kg and extubated after meeting extubation criteria.