title: [Pediatric outpatient surgery].
abstract: BACKGROUND
  The number of outpatient surgeries for routine surgical interventions continues to increase, especially in adults. For many patients, there is no doubt that interventions like arthroscopy will be performed on an outpatient basis. Regarding urologic surgeries in adults (e.g., vasectomy, hydrecelectomy), outpatient treatment is well established. For adults such a procedure represents a well-calculable situation in most cases, as the patient can quite accurately imagine the events that will follow. In terms of pediatric outpatient surgery, the scenario is sometimes quite different. Parents are more anxious and uncertain because they must decide for the well-being of their children and they often do not exactly know what will happen during the procedure. In addition, they do not have to decide for themselves but for their children.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Unfortunately, parents often lack information prior to surgery. Therefore, all persons involved in the treatment of children (e.g., urologists, anesthesiologists, nurses) must be trained and educated in giving adequate and appropriate information especially for parents.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The purpose of this article is to provide different starting points for an optimized preparation and care of children and parents concerning outpatient surgery in pediatric urology.
authors.affiliation: Urologische Klinik und Poliklinik der Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, LMU, Klinikum Großhadern, Marchioninistr. 15, 81377, München, Deutschland. alexander.karl@med.uni-muenchen.de.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Karl
authors.affiliation: Abteilung für Anästhesie und operative Intensivmedizin, Krankenhaus der Barmherzigen Schwestern, Wien, Österreich.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Blasl
authors.affiliation: Urologische Klinik und Poliklinik der Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, LMU, Klinikum Großhadern, Marchioninistr. 15, 81377, München, Deutschland.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Straub
authors.affiliation: Urologische Klinik und Poliklinik der Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, LMU, Klinikum Großhadern, Marchioninistr. 15, 81377, München, Deutschland.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Stief
authors.affiliation: Urologische Klinik und Poliklinik der Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, LMU, Klinikum Großhadern, Marchioninistr. 15, 81377, München, Deutschland.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Riccabona
mesh_terms: D000556:Ambulatory Surgical Procedures / Q000523:psychology*; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D005858:Germany; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007258:Informed Consent / Q000523:psychology*; D008297:Male; D010290:Parents / Q000523:psychology*; D010353:Patient Education as Topic / Q000379:methods*; D010372:Pediatrics / Q000379:methods; D010817:Physician-Patient Relations; D057234:Preoperative Period; D013520:Urologic Surgical Procedures / Q000523:psychology*
keywords: Ambulatory surgical procedures; Informed consent; Pain management, children; Regional anesthesia; Urology