title: Septoplasty as a day-case procedure--a two centre study.
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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Otolaryngology, Royal London Hospital, UK.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Benson-Mitchell
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Kenyon
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Gatland
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000556:Ambulatory Surgical Procedures / Q000191:economics*; D003362:Cost-Benefit Analysis; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009300:Nasal Septum / Q000601:surgery*; D019106:Postoperative Hemorrhage; D011446:Prospective Studies