Abstract
Day-stay surgery is an integral part of Otolaryngology. Many procedures which have traditionally been thought to require overnight stay can be carried out on a day care basis. We report our experience of treating 163 patients admitted for septal surgery as a day-case procedure. The paper summarizes the experience of two centres. One of these is a London Teaching Hospital, where surgery was performed through a dedicated day-case unit, and the other is a District General Hospital where patients were admitted to a day-case unit but had their surgery on a routine in-patient list. As the result of this study we conclude that day-stay septoplasty is associated with a low complication rate and is a safe and acceptable procedure provided that strict selection criteria are followed. The cost implications are discussed.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 129-131 |
Number of pages | 3 |
Journal | Journal of Laryngology and Otology |
Volume | 110 |
Issue number | 2 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - 1996 |
Externally published | Yes |
Keywords
- Day care
- Nasal septum
- Surgery
- Surgery
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Otorhinolaryngology