CIRUGÍA AMBULATORIA. LECCIONES APRENDIDAS EN 16 AÑOS DE EXPERIENCIA

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Claudio D. Brandi
Hugo D. Martínez
Daniel Bazzolo
Marcela Stolfa
Enrique J. Beveraggi
Marcelo F. Figari
Enrique A. Sívori

Abstract

Background: Ambulatory Surgery (CMA) includes those surgical procedures with general or regional anesthesia and postoperative required where the patient returns to his home the same day of surgery. It is a condition that the patient does not spend the night at the institution. With the development of less invasive techniques and improved anesthetic drugs outpatient procedures are becoming more frequent.


Objective: To analyze the results of patients operated on an outpatient basis over time.


Setting: Ambulatory Surgery Unit, Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires.


Population: 82.901 patients operated between November 1993 and December 2009.


Method: Analysis of a prospective database, stratification by service, complexity, type of anesthesia, outpatient/inter- nal relationship, grounds for suspension, conversion, complications and costs.


Results: 82.901 surgeries were performed, representing 29.5% of hospital procedures, 70.24% were CMA, 8.2% discontinuation rate, conversion rate 0.89%, 0.002% died, the cost/time in the operating room was 10% UCA cheaper, saving 58.227 days/bed.

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Brandi, C. D., Martínez, H. D., Bazzolo, D., Stolfa, M., Beveraggi, E. J., Figari, M. F., & Sívori, E. A. (2022). CIRUGÍA AMBULATORIA. LECCIONES APRENDIDAS EN 16 AÑOS DE EXPERIENCIA. Revista Argentina De Cirugía, 100(5-6), 114–125. Retrieved from https://revista.aac.org.ar/index.php/RevArgentCirug/article/view/520
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