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Assessing day-case septorhinoplasty: prospective audit study using patient-based indices

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  08 March 2006

Christos Georgalas ,
Santdeep Paun ,
Azida Zainal ,
Nimesh N. Patel  and
George Mochloulis
Christos Georgalas
Affiliation:
Departments of Otolaryngology/Head and Neck Surgery, St Mary’s Hospital, Stevenage, UK.
Santdeep Paun
Affiliation:
Departments of Otolaryngology/Head and Neck Surgery, St Mary’s Hospital, Stevenage, UK.
Azida Zainal
Affiliation:
Departments of Otolaryngology/Head and Neck Surgery, St Mary’s Hospital, Stevenage, UK.
Nimesh N. Patel
Affiliation:
Departments of Otolaryngology/Head and Neck Surgery, St Mary’s Hospital, Stevenage, UK.
George Mochloulis
Affiliation:
Departments of Otolaryngology/Head and Neck Surgery, London and the Lister Hospital, Stevenage, UK.
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Abstract

The objective of this study was to evaluate the safety, efficacy and acceptability to patients of day-case septorhinoplasty. Twenty-nine patients undergoing elective septorhinoplasty in a dedicated teaching hospital day-case unit were asked to complete day surgery questionnaires (DSQ) at six weeks post-operatively. Details of surgery performed, demographic data, readmission rates and complications were collected prospectively. No major complications were recorded. One patient had to be admitted for overnight observation following post-operative bleeding. The DSQ showed that the great majority of patients were satisfied from the day-case setting (satisfaction score 81). This preliminary study showed that day surgery septorhinoplasty was acceptable to the patient and was associated with a very low readmission rate. We believe that in carefully selected young healthy patients it is an acceptable alternative to an in-patient procedure.

Keywords

Ambulatory Surgical ProceduresPatient SatisfactionRhinoplasty
Type
Research Article
Information
The Journal of Laryngology & Otology , Volume 116 , Issue 9 , September 2002 , pp. 707 - 710
Copyright
© Royal Society of Medicine Press Limited 2002

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