title: [Ambulatory surgery from the viewpoint of hand surgery].
abstract: The prerequisites for out-patient surgery of the hand, from a surgeon's standpoint, as well as from a patient's standpoint are described. Compromises in quality are not to be accepted, and it is not necessary to establish a list of procedures suitable or not suitable for out-patient treatment.
authors.affiliation: Fachbereich Hand- und Plastische Chirurgie, Allgemeinen Krankenhauses St. Georg in Hamburg.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Fischer
mesh_terms: D000556:Ambulatory Surgical Procedures; D005858:Germany; D006225:Hand / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D011785:Quality Assurance, Health Care