TY - JOUR
T1 - An update on the safety and efficacy of outpatient plastic surgery
T2 - A review of 26,032 consecutive cases
AU - Rohrich, Rod J.
AU - Mendez, Bernardino M.
AU - Afrooz, Paul N.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
Copyright © 2018 by the American Society of Plastic Surgeons.
PY - 2018/4
Y1 - 2018/4
N2 - Background: Outpatient surgery offers many advantages, including cost-containment, privacy, and convenience. However, patient safety must take precedence over these benefits. Limited well-designed studies exist in the plastic surgery literature on patient safety in the outpatient setting, particularly those that identify risk factors for adverse outcomes. Methods: A retrospective review was performed on 26,032 consecutive cases completed by board-certified plastic surgeons at an accredited outpatient surgical center between 1995 and 2017. All cases were reviewed for potential morbidity and mortality events, and variables were analyzed to determine potential risk factors for postoperative complications and inpatient admission. Results: A total of 26,032 cases were performed over a 23-year period. There were a total of 203 complications (0.78 percent). Compared with the control population, the 12 patients (0.05 percent) that sustained venous thromboembolic events demonstrated higher body mass indexes (p < 0.01), greater lipoaspirate amounts (p = 0.04), longer operative times (p < 0.01), and were more likely to have undergone a combined procedure (p < 0.01). In addition, the 22 patients (0.08 percent) that were transferred to inpatient facilities demonstrated greater body mass index (p < 0.01) and longer operative times (p = 0.01). Conclusions: Plastic surgery is safe to perform in an accredited outpatient facility for a majority of patients. According to the authors’ data, postoperative monitoring in a nursing facility should be considered for the following high-risk patients: those with a body mass index greater than 30 kg/m2, operative times greater than 4 hours, lipoaspirate volumes greater than 3 liters, and those undergoing combined procedures.
AB - Background: Outpatient surgery offers many advantages, including cost-containment, privacy, and convenience. However, patient safety must take precedence over these benefits. Limited well-designed studies exist in the plastic surgery literature on patient safety in the outpatient setting, particularly those that identify risk factors for adverse outcomes. Methods: A retrospective review was performed on 26,032 consecutive cases completed by board-certified plastic surgeons at an accredited outpatient surgical center between 1995 and 2017. All cases were reviewed for potential morbidity and mortality events, and variables were analyzed to determine potential risk factors for postoperative complications and inpatient admission. Results: A total of 26,032 cases were performed over a 23-year period. There were a total of 203 complications (0.78 percent). Compared with the control population, the 12 patients (0.05 percent) that sustained venous thromboembolic events demonstrated higher body mass indexes (p < 0.01), greater lipoaspirate amounts (p = 0.04), longer operative times (p < 0.01), and were more likely to have undergone a combined procedure (p < 0.01). In addition, the 22 patients (0.08 percent) that were transferred to inpatient facilities demonstrated greater body mass index (p < 0.01) and longer operative times (p = 0.01). Conclusions: Plastic surgery is safe to perform in an accredited outpatient facility for a majority of patients. According to the authors’ data, postoperative monitoring in a nursing facility should be considered for the following high-risk patients: those with a body mass index greater than 30 kg/m2, operative times greater than 4 hours, lipoaspirate volumes greater than 3 liters, and those undergoing combined procedures.
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U2 - 10.1097/PRS.0000000000004213
DO - 10.1097/PRS.0000000000004213
M3 - Article
C2 - 29595724
AN - SCOPUS:85052816183
SN - 0032-1052
VL - 141
SP - 902
EP - 908
JO - Plastic and reconstructive surgery
JF - Plastic and reconstructive surgery
IS - 4
ER -