One-Stop Surgery: An Innovation to Limit Hospital Visits in Children.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

 One-stop surgery (OSS) allows for same-day outpatient clinic visit, preoperative assessment, and surgical repair. This study aims to determine the efficiency, (cost-)effectiveness, and family satisfaction of one-stop inguinal hernia surgery compared with usual care.

Material and methods

 Children (≥ 3 months) with inguinal hernia and American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) grades I-II, scheduled for OSS (intervention) or regular treatment (control) between March 1, 2017, and December 1, 2018, were eligible for inclusion. Exclusion criteria consisted of age less than 3 months and ASA grades III-IV. The primary outcome measure was treatment efficiency (i.e., total number of hospital visits and waiting time [days] between referral and surgery). Secondary outco

SUBMITTER: Dreuning KMA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9481276 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature