title: [Surgical indications for partial inpatient and ambulatory surgery of the lower extremities].
abstract: Outpatient (ambulatory) surgery has become widely accepted in free-standing outpatient surgery centres and in hospitals covering the field of hand surgery as well as, increasingly, the field of lower-extremity surgery. Three factors are decisive for secure ambulatory surgery: adequate material and personal resources guaranteeing a round-the-clock medical service, outpatient anesthesia which focuses mainly on the perioperative care of outpatient surgery, and a well-informed patient. Under these prerogatives the majority of surgical procedures of the lower extremities are performed on an outpatient basis without any undue risk. This includes also the diagnostic and operative arthroscopy of different joints.
authors.affiliation: Chirurgie St. Leonhard, St. Gallen.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Fischer
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Meyer
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Löhnert
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Segmüller
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Sennwald
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000556:Ambulatory Surgical Procedures; D005260:Female; D006760:Hospitalization; D006801:Humans; D007869:Leg Injuries / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010348:Patient Care Team; D011182:Postoperative Care; D012307:Risk Factors
vernacular_title: Operationsindikationen für teilstationäre und ambulante Chirurgie der unteren Extremitäten.