1049 Reducing Postoperative Length of Stay After Thyroidectomy by Implementing Standardized Post-Operative Pathways

An Unusual Post-Operative Phenomenon in Thyroidectomy

Thyroidectomy: post-operative care and common complications.

Any surgical procedure involves risks. Thyroid surgery can cause potentially fatal complications during the early post-operative phase. It is essential that nurses have the knowledge and skills to detect early signs and symptoms of potential complications and take appropriate action. Early detection and rapid response are key to maintaining patient safety and minimising harm.

Reducing pre-operative length of stay for enterocutaneous fistula repair with a multi-disciplinary approach

Pre-operative assessment of complex surgical patients can be a lengthy process, albeit essential to minimise complication rates. In a tertiary referral unit specialising in the surgical repair of entercutaneous fistulas, a baseline audit revealed an average in-patient length of stay of 30.1 days, mainly caused by poor co-ordination between specialities. After the introduction of a weekly multi-...

Reducing the length of stay in hospital.

Unlike their British counterparts, Soviet health care planners have long adhered to a strategy of adding to the number of hospital beds each year. Consequently, the proportion of the population admitted to hospital has grown steadily; by 1983 this had reached the historically high level of 2477%. Although the extra capacity has been advantageous in several respects, it can scarcely have encoura...

Cement technique for reducing post-operative bursitis after trochanteric fixation.

Post-operative trochanteric bursitis is a known complication secondary to the surgical approach in total hip arthroplasty. This phenomenon may be partially attributable to repetitive microtrauma generated when soft tissues rub against implanted hardware. Significant rates of post-operative trochanteric bursitis have been observed following procedures in which a trochanteric fixation device, suc...