BACKGROUND There is an increasing demand for surgery of degenerative spinal disease. Limited healthcare resources draw attention to the need for cost-effective treatments. Outpatient surgery, when safe and feasible, is more cost effective than inpatient surgery. OBJECTIVE To study types and rates of complications after outpatient lumbar and cervical spine decompressions. METHODS Complicatio...

as any therapeutic or diagnostic surgical procedure performed under general, regional, or local anesthesia, with or without sedation, which requires short-stay postoperative care rather than admission to hospital. According to the International Association for Ambulatory Surgery, the procedure should not be urgent, should be performed within a single normal working day, and should not require m...

highly effective in developing and improving the quality of the provided services .so, the present study aims to compare the satisfaction of the patients suffering from anal fissure from inpatient and outpatient treatments. method: this cross-sectional study was conducted on 212 subjects who were selected through systematic sampling from the patients with anal fissure referring to motahari clin...

BACKGROUND Anterior cervical discectomy and fusion (ACDF) is one of the most prevalent spine surgeries and neurosurgical procedures performed to treat a variety of disorders in the cervical spine. Over the last several years, ACDF has been done in the outpatient setting for less invasive approaches and exposures, as well as modified anesthetic and pain management techniques. Despite the fact th...

In this article, we present data on aged and disabled Medicare hospital insurance enrollees discharged with the principal diagnosis of cataract from short-stay hospitals. Medical technology has reduced the risk of cataract surgery and the time needed to perform the surgery. As a result, the number of enrollees undergoing cataract surgery has increased. Also, such surgery has been shifted from i...

purpose: nowadays cancer patients want more detailed information and greater participation in decisions about their care. as a consequence, the demands on health care system to satisfy the complex care needs of oncology patients have increased tremendously. methods and materials: as part of a quality improvement exercise at the radiation oncology department, allan blair cancer center, regina, s...

BACKGROUND The author reports on his personal experience with outpatient laparoscopic cholecystectomy (LC), focusing on the main guidelines for preoperative and postoperative care and operating technique. METHODS From January 1, 2000 to December 31, 2000, 71 laparoscopic cholecystectomies were performed on outpatients. The patients remained in the outpatient surgery center for 36 hours. In 4 ...

BACKGROUND The proportion of outpatient surgeries performed in physician offices has been increasing over time, raising concern about the impact on outcomes. OBJECTIVE To use a private insurance claims database to compare 7-day and 30-day hospitalization rates following relatively complex outpatient surgical procedures across physician offices, freestanding ambulatory surgery centers (ASCs), ...