Analysis of the efficacy of pediatric day surgery Page 1 Objectives: To assess the efficacy and
safety of a pediatric day surgery program and its benefits to the child and family. Design: A …

Potential advantages of paediatric day-surgery are cost saving, improved utilization of staff
and hospital facilities, and reduction of stress for the paediatric patient and their family. A …

Day surgery (DS) especially in children, has been widely accepted by surgeons, and the
benefits to the patients, parents, and hospital have been well-established. It has become …

Over a 30-year period (May 1955 to December 1985), day care surgery was performed on
39, 654 patients at the Winnipeg Children's Hospital (WCH). Up to 51% of all pediatric …

Introduction For the past 3 years, our institution has implemented a same clinic-day surgery
(CDS) program, where common surgical procedures are performed the same day as the …

Since much of the general surgery of childhood consists of simple procedures with little
trauma to the tissues it is no surprise that paediatric surgeons were at the forefront of the …

Background: The general observation that children achieve better convalescence in the
home environment supports the need for adoption of day case surgery, which is gaining …

Potential advantages of day stay surgery are cost saving, improved utilization of staff and
hospital facilities, and reduction of stress for the paediatric patient and his family. The …

The aims of this study were to identify prospectively'concealed'postoperative problems, to
assess the burden of paediatric day care surgery on primary care services and to define a …

Currently, there is a trend towards the centralisation of paediatric surgery in specialist
regional units. This study reports the results of 4 years' experience of paediatric day-case …