Proctology in day surgery: Surgical technique

Feasibility of day care surgery in proctology.

BACKGROUND Proctological surgery is being carried out increasingly on an outpatient basis. The reasons for this are safe anesthetic procedures, short operation times and low complication rates. This study is a retrospective analysis of complication rates, symptom recurrence and long-term results according to outpatient proctologic surgery practiced in our hospital in the last 10 years. MATERI...

Simple Surgical Technique for Ingrown Toenail Surgery

Background: Ingrown toenails are a common condition which, when recurrent and painful, are often treated surgically. This study proposes a new simple surgical technique for ingrown toenails with good results.Method: We selected 150 patients with 185 affected toes who were surgically treated by our techniques carried out from April 1995 to March 2004. This technique consisted of marginal n...

Ambulatory proctology surgery--an Indian experience.

OBJECTIVE To evaluate the results of proctological surgeries carried out by us on an outpatient basis. DESIGN Retrospective study. SUBJECT 3256 patients with benign ano-rectal pathologies needing surgical intervention. MATERIALS AND METHODS Patient demographics, type of anesthesia used, the type of operation and postoperative complications are described. Patient satisfaction was assessed ...

Day-surgery and surgical waiting time.

UNLABELLED Surgical waiting time remains an important issue regarding access to health care provision. It is considered to be excessive in most OEDC countries (over twelve weeks or ninety days). The development of day surgery has been one of the strategies that proved effective in reducing surgical waiting time. This study aims to establish a correlation between surgical waiting time and the pe...

Practical Proctology