title: [Results of a survey on urologic activity in 1-day surgery in Midi-Pyrénées].
abstract: BACKGROUND
  One-day surgery is an exercise whose development has grown significantly over the last decade. This survey aims at reviewing the different aspects of this practice in urology, in the second largest region of France.
  
  
  METHODS
  A cross-sectional study was conducted among the 57 urologists working in the Midi-Pyrénées region. A computerized questionnaire was made available on Internet. The non-responder urologists received a reminder email every week. The questionnaire included 25 questions, divided into four subgroups.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The response rate was 57.9% (33/57 urologists). Results showed that the 1-day surgery rate was 26.4%. It was higher in the private sector (33.07 ± 17.16 vs. 20.42 ± 13.54%, P=0.04). Surgeries were made mainly in non-dedicated operating theaters (75.0%) and in the conventional list (71.8%). There was a written output protocol in 90.6% of cases (29 urologists), which was never given to the patient in 7.0% of cases (2 urologists) and never sent to the family doctor in 75.8% of cases (22 urologists).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  This study has shown that outpatient surgery accounted for a quarter of urologic surgery in Midi-Pyrénées region, and that the organization follows the recommendations of the International Association for Ambulatory Surgery. The main problems were the lack of information of the family doctor, and the lack of organized follow. Organizational problems were considered as the limiting factors of this activity development.
authors.affiliation: Département d'urologie, transplantation rénale et andrologie, CHU de Rangueil, TSA 50032, 31059 Toulouse, France.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Sanson
authors.forename: X
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Gamé
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000556:Ambulatory Surgical Procedures / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005260:Female; D005602:France; D006761:Hospitals / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010818:Practice Patterns, Physicians'; D011331:Private Practice / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014570:Urologic Diseases / Q000601:surgery*; D014572:Urology / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D000078329:Workforce
keywords: Chirurgie ambulatoire; One-day surgery; Organisation; Urologie; Urology