OBJECTIVE To document effectiveness of minicholecystectomy as a safe, cost-effective day surgery procedure with rapid return to work. DESIGN Review of medical records. SETTING Small community hospital. PATIENTS A total of 1207 patients who underwent minicholecystectomies from January 1, 1986, through December 31, 1997. INTERVENTION Minicholecystectomy. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES Complicati...

OBJECTIVES To present a critical review of a single surgeon's long-term results using the Goldman tip procedure and to examine the current attitudes of a select group of experienced rhinoplasty surgeons concerning the Goldman tip procedure. DESIGN A retrospective review was conducted of the medical records of all patients who underwent a Goldman tip procedure performed by the senior author (R...

A prospective study of 103 consecutive patients who underwent day case knee arthroscopy was performed. The purpose was to evaluate the information delivery system, patient comprehension, and issues of informed consent pertaining to day case arthroscopy procedures. There were 34 females and 69 males in the study group and their mean age was 38.6 years (range: 14.4 to 74.9 years). The diagnosis, ...

The use of high voltage radiotheraphy in pelvi malignancies has led to a common complication which is radiation . proctitis. Treatment with rectal formalin is simple and effective and can be done as a day care procedure. The use of formalin dab was assessed as a day care procedure in our surgical unit in which ten patients were prospectively evaluated. Outcome of these patients was encouraging.