Gökhan Kurtoğlu1, Taner Kemal Erdağ. 1. Department of Otolaryngology, Medical Faculty of Dokuz Eylül University, 35340 İnciraltı, İzmir, Turkey. gokhan.kurtoglu@deu.edu.tr.
Abstract
OBJECTIVES: In this study, we report outpatient surgical procedures in an ear nose and throat (ENT) clinic of a university hospital for the first time in Turkey. MATERIAL AND METHODS: All patients who were operated between January 2012 and December 2013 by our ENT surgeons either in central operating room or in outpatient surgery unit were retrospectively analyzed. Age of the patients, type of operation, type of anesthesia, and the time of discharge were recorded. RESULTS: The highest number of outpatient surgical procedures was in the 1-18 age group. The most widely used type of anesthesia was general anesthesia, while adeno/tonsillectomy and tympanostomy tube insertion were the most commonly performed operations. The total number of surgeries was 2,714 and 379 (13.96%) of these patients were discharged on the same day. CONCLUSION: Outpatient surgery has become widespread in the past three decades, particularly. However, in our study, the ratio of outpatient surgery to all surgical interventions was very low, compared to developed countries.
OBJECTIVES: In this study, we report outpatient surgical procedures in an ear nose and throat (ENT) clinic of a university hospital for the first time in Turkey. MATERIAL AND METHODS: All patients who were operated between January 2012 and December 2013 by our ENT surgeons either in central operating room or in outpatient surgery unit were retrospectively analyzed. Age of the patients, type of operation, type of anesthesia, and the time of discharge were recorded. RESULTS: The highest number of outpatient surgical procedures was in the 1-18 age group. The most widely used type of anesthesia was general anesthesia, while adeno/tonsillectomy and tympanostomy tube insertion were the most commonly performed operations. The total number of surgeries was 2,714 and 379 (13.96%) of these patients were discharged on the same day. CONCLUSION:Outpatient surgery has become widespread in the past three decades, particularly. However, in our study, the ratio of outpatient surgery to all surgical interventions was very low, compared to developed countries.
Authors: Mehmet Eser Sancaktar; Mehmet Çelebi; Mahmut Yıldırım; Erkan Can; Gökhan Akgül; İbrahim Ağrı; Asude Ünal; Fatih Yılmaz Journal: Eur Arch Otorhinolaryngol Date: 2019-02-12 Impact factor: 2.503