Minor surgery in general practice.

Restricting minor surgery in general practice: another example of financial short-termism.

Cost effectiveness of minor surgery in general practice: a prospective comparison with hospital practice.

The cost effectiveness of general practitioners undertaking minor surgery in their practices was determined in a prospective comparison of patients having minor surgery undertaken in five general practices over a 12 week period in 1989, and in the departments of dermatology and general surgery in Rotherham District General Hospital over a contemporaneous eight week period. There were no differe...

Cost effectiveness of minor surgery in general practice.

تاثیر تک  دوز پره¬گابالین قبل از عمل بر میزان درد پس از اعمال کوچک جراحی

    Aim and Background:   Optimal postoperative pain management is necessary after minor general surgery. Although pregabalin had been showed efficacy against neuropathic pain, very limited evidence support its postoperative analgesic efficacy. The aim of this study was to evaluate the analgesic efficacy of premedication with single oral dose of pregabalin for minor general s...

Quality of minor surgery by general practitioners in 1990 and 1991.

BACKGROUND The 1990 contract for general practitioners encouraged them to undertake minor surgical procedures in their practices. AIM A study was undertaken to determine whether the subsequent expansion of general practitioner minor surgery activity was accompanied by changes in quality of care. METHOD Data were analysed relating to minor operations conducted in 22 practices during April-Ju...

Minor surgery in general practice and effects on referrals to hospital care: Observational study

BACKGROUND Strengthening primary care is the focus of many countries, as national healthcare systems with a strong primary care sector tend to have lower healthcare costs. However, it is unknown to what extent general practitioners (GPs) that perform more services generate fewer hospital referrals. The objective of this study was to examine the association between the number of surgical interve...