title: A prospective study of day case adenoidectomy.
abstract: Adenoidectomy in this country is typically performed as an in-patient procedure requiring an overnight stay in hospital but experience from other countries shows that adenoidectomy can be safely performed as a day case procedure. In Leicester, a prospective study of day case adenoidectomy was initiated in 1991 under carefully monitored conditions. We report on 721 patients entered in the first 3 years. We have so far found day case adenoidectomy to be a safe procedure.
authors.affiliation: Department of Otolaryngology, Leicester Royal Infirmary, Oxford, UK.
authors.forename: J N
authors.initials: JN
authors.lastname: Marshall
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Sheppard
authors.forename: A A
authors.initials: AA
authors.lastname: Narula
mesh_terms: D000233:Adenoidectomy; D000234:Adenoids / Q000601:surgery*; D002675:Child, Preschool; D006760:Hospitalization / Q000191:economics*; D006801:Humans; D007902:Length of Stay; D011183:Postoperative Complications; D011446:Prospective Studies