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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
7
pubmed:dateCreated
2010-10-7
pubmed:abstractText
Laparoscopic surgical techniques are increasingly being used to treat gynaecological malignancies as studies confirm long-term results similar to open procedures. Within the UK National Health Service, there is a drive towards day of surgery admission and reducing inpatient stay. We audited the length of inpatient stay, acceptability to patients of day of surgery admission and timing of discharge and accessibility to early community follow-up, among women undergoing laparoscopic assisted vaginal hysterectomy and bilateral salpingo-oophorectomy in our unit over a 6-month period. We show that women find short inpatient stays acceptable and that many can be safely discharged, with no postoperative hospital follow-up, within 24 h. Adequate pre-admission procedures and easy access to advice, post-discharge must be ensured.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:issn
1364-6893
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Electronic
pubmed:volume
30
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
697-700
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:20925613-Adult, pubmed-meshheading:20925613-Aged, pubmed-meshheading:20925613-Aged, 80 and over, pubmed-meshheading:20925613-Ambulatory Surgical Procedures, pubmed-meshheading:20925613-Continuity of Patient Care, pubmed-meshheading:20925613-Databases, Factual, pubmed-meshheading:20925613-Female, pubmed-meshheading:20925613-Follow-Up Studies, pubmed-meshheading:20925613-Great Britain, pubmed-meshheading:20925613-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:20925613-Hysteroscopy, pubmed-meshheading:20925613-Laparoscopy, pubmed-meshheading:20925613-Length of Stay, pubmed-meshheading:20925613-Medical Audit, pubmed-meshheading:20925613-Middle Aged, pubmed-meshheading:20925613-Outcome Assessment (Health Care), pubmed-meshheading:20925613-Ovariectomy, pubmed-meshheading:20925613-Patient Discharge
pubmed:year
2010
pubmed:articleTitle
Laparoscopic assisted vaginal hysterectomy and bilateral salpingo-oophorectomy as a day surgery procedure: a promising option.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Gynaecological Oncology, Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge, UK. thomaseverett@doctors.org.uk
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article