title: Ambulatory oral surgery: 1-year experience with 11680 patients from Zagreb district, Croatia.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To examine the types and frequencies of oral surgery diagnoses and ambulatory oral surgical treatments during one year period at the Department of Oral Surgery, University Hospital Dubrava in Zagreb, Croatia.
  
  
  METHODS
  Sociodemographic and clinical data on 11680 ambulatory patients, treated between January 1 and of December 31, 2011 were retrieved from the hospital database using a specific protocol. The obtained data were subsequently analyzed in order to assess the frequency of diagnoses and differences in sex and age.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The most common ambulatory procedure was tooth extraction (37.67%) and the most common procedure in ambulatory operating room was alveolectomy (57.25%). The test of proportions showed that significantly more extractions (P<0.001) and intraoral incisions (P<0.001) were performed among male patients, whereas significantly more alveolectomies and apicoectomies were performed among female patients (P<0.001). A greater prevalence of periodontal disease was found in patients residing in Zagreb than in patients residing in rural areas.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The data from this study may be useful for planning of ambulatory oral surgery services, budgeting, and sustaining quality improvement, enhancing oral surgical curricula, training and education of primary health care doctors and oral surgery specialists, and promoting patients' awareness of the importance of oral health.
authors: Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, University Hospital Dubrava, School of Dental Medicine, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia.
authors: Dražen
authors: D
authors: Jokić
authors: Darko
authors: D
authors: Macan
authors: Berislav
authors: B
authors: Perić
authors: Marinka
authors: M
authors: Tadić
authors: Josip
authors: J
authors: Biočić
authors: Petar
authors: P
authors: Đanić
authors: Davor
authors: D
authors: Brajdić
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D017677:Age Distribution; D000368:Aged; D000556:Ambulatory Surgical Procedures / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D017523:Croatia / Q000453:epidemiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D019647:Oral Surgical Procedures / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D010510:Periodontal Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000601:surgery; D011320:Primary Health Care; D017678:Sex Distribution; D013515:Surgery, Oral; D014081:Tooth Extraction / Q000706:statistics & numerical data