title: Five years' experience in a free-standing outpatient surgical clinic.
abstract: The design and function of a free-standing outpatient surgical facility is described in which a wide range of surgical procedures have been carried out. In selected patients and with adequate facilities, outpatient surgery offers safe, convenient and relatively cheap surgery for a wide range of conditions.
authors.forename: C J
authors.initials: CJ
authors.lastname: Calcinai
authors.forename: J C
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Barrett
mesh_terms: D000768:Anesthesia, General; D005160:Facility Design and Construction; D006801:Humans; D009520:New Zealand; D010343:Patient Admission; D011182:Postoperative Care; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000453:epidemiology; D013531:Surgicenters