[Ambulatory surgery in urology. Analysis of our experience].
OBJECTIVE
To show the results of our four-year experience since starting urologic procedures in the Ambulatory Surgery Unit in our hospital. The progressively increasing demand of surgery has showed up the limitations of sanitary resources. Ambulatory Surgery arises with the aim to optimize such resources, because it improves surgical procedures and rationalizes the increasing sanitary expenditures.


METHODS
We study the results obtained after operating on 415 patients, showing inclusion criteria, relationship between surgical procedure and anesthetic drug employed, as well as discharge criteria.


RESULTS
Among all patients operated on, 4 (11%) required hospital admission, and 12 presented with complications in the immediate postoperative period (3%), all of them minor. Satisfaction with treatment was around 95%.


CONCLUSIONS
A great percentage of patients with urologic diseases who need surgery are candidates to be included in an ambulatory surgery program, without compromise of the quality of care or patient's satisfaction.
Navalón Verdejo
Pedro
P
Servicio de Urología, Consorcio Hospital General Universitario, Valencia, España. pnavalonverdejo@hotmail.com
Zaragozá Fernández
Cristóbal
C
Cánovas Iborra
Jose Antonio
JA
Sánchez Ballester
Francisco
F
De la Torre Abril
Luis
L
Ordoño Domínguez
Felipe
F
Escudero
Joaquín Juan
JJ
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000556:Ambulatory Surgical Procedures; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D014570:Urologic Diseases / Q000601:surgery*
Cirugia mayor ambulatoria en urología. Análisis de nuestra experiencia.