Abstract

PEREZ FOUCES, Fernando; RODRIGUEZ RAMIREZ, Rafael; PUERTAS ALVAREZ, Juan F  and  GONZALEZ RONDON, Pedro L. Cirugía mayor ambulatoria en el servicio de cirugía general. Rev Cubana Cir [online]. 2000, vol.39, n.3, pp. 184-187. ISSN 1561-2945.

We conducted a descriptive crosswise and prospective study of 1 200 patients who had undergone ambulatory major surgeries to determine the characteristics and benefits of this method. Abdominal hearnia, generallly operated with regional anesthesia plus sedatives prevailed in the group. Associated diseases were not restrictive factors in the selected sample whereas the most frequent complications were surgical wound infections, serone and hematomes. We observed obvious economic advantages regarding saving of beds and lower hospital costs as well as a high level of satisfaction on the part of the operated patients, which serves as a basis for recommending the increasing application of this method in a substantially higher number of surgeries

Keywords : AMBULATORY SURGICAL PROCEDURES [methods]; TREATMENT OUTCOME.

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