Safdar Hussain Qadri, Atif Pervez, Zameer Abbas Mir, Ahmad Raza.
Day Case Surgery - an experience at Mayo Hospital, Lahore.
Pak J Med Health Sci Jan ;1(3):89-91.

Day case surgery is defined as the planned investigation or procedure on a patient who is admitted and discharged on the day of surgery Minor procedures in outpatient or accident and emergency department are not included in day case surgery. Our study emphasized the importance of careful preoperative selection of patients. Audit of minor morbidity and evaluation of patients` satisfaction for day case surgery were the corner stones in our study. Results: 81 patients reported for admission, 80 patients were operated on the day case basis and 74 reported for follow up. Two (2.7%) patients were readmitted. Five (6.75%) patients reported that they had to call in or visit a near by doctor, one for pain. Conclusion: Day case surgery is well accepted by our patients with a low morbidity. Day case surgery was established to reduce the cost of inpatient beds and to achieve the high patient throughput, leading to a reduction in waiting lists. Patients accept this concept readily as the day case surgery involves minimal disruption to their personal lives. These benefits are only significant if day case surgery is demonstrated to be as safe and satisfactory to patients as inpatient treatment. Postoperative pain, nausea and vomiting are the most frequent postoperative complications after Day Case Surgery

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