Abstract

SALAZAR VEDEY, Misael et al. Outpatient major surgery in patients operated through an emergency . MEDISAN [online]. 2013, vol.17, n.6, pp.951-961. ISSN 1029-3019.

A descriptive, prospective and longitudinal investigation of the 1 067 patients with acute intraabdominal disorders, operated through an outpatient major emergent surgery in "Dr. Joaquín Castillo Duany" Teaching Clinical-Surgical Hospital in Santiago de Cuba was carried out from January, 2007 to May, 2010, with the aim of characterizing them according to some variables of interest. The age group 31-45 year old (47.7%), the male sex (50.8%), acute appendicitis as preoperative diagnosis (52.9%), which besides presented complications in 78.1% of the total, the minimal access surgery (57.2%), with only 15.6% of complicated patients, and the general orotracheal anesthesia (97.6%) prevailed in the case material. According to the classification of the American Society of Anesthesiology, 83.8% of the patients affected belonged to group I, while when analyzing the associated diseases, 42.8% suffered from hypertension. The used surgical modality allowed to incorporate new preoperative diagnoses, based on appropriate selection criteria of the patient; the general satisfaction of those patients operated was also achieved, so that it was recommended to extend it to other hospitals

Keywords : intraabdominal acute disorders; acute appendicitis; outpatient major surgery; surgical emergencies.

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