caa a22 4500 445298022 CHVBK 20180317142547.0 cr unu---uuuuu 170323e20100601xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s12070-010-0032-6 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s12070-010-0032-6 Safety of day-stay tonsillectomy [Elektronische Daten] [Zahoor Ahmad, Nalaka de Silva, Randall Morton, Andrew Wood] Summary: The appropriateness of tonsillectomy as a day case procedure is not universally accepted, however, the procedure has been performed in our institution since 1996. Our policy has been to continue this practice. To assess the appropriateness of this practice in our institution, a retrospective study of 802 tonsillectomies performed over 16 months was conducted. A telephone based questionnaire was formed to assess safety of the procedure and to evaluate the experiences and attitude of the served community towards our practice. Four hundred and thirty-three (61.3%) patients/parents were contactable to answer the questionnaire. Fifty-eight percent felt that a same day discharge was favorable with 6% considering that an overnight stay would have been preferable, others had no preference. Regarding the problems at home, 76% reported no problems on the first night, with 3% needing medical assistance that night, half of which were admitted in the hospital. We conclude that with the practices in place in this center, our policy of aiming for same day discharge is appropriate, being safe and agreeable to both patients and health care providers. Association of Otolaryngologists of India, 2010 Day case surgery nationallicence Tonsillectomy nationallicence Postoperative complications nationallicence Ahmad Zahoor Department of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Counties Manukau Health, Auckland, New Zealand aut de Silva Nalaka Department of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Counties Manukau Health, Auckland, New Zealand aut Morton Randall Department of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Counties Manukau Health, Auckland, New Zealand aut Wood Andrew Department of Surgery, John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford, England aut Indian Journal of Otolaryngology and Head & Neck Surgery Springer-Verlag 62/2(2010-06-01), 158-161 0019-5421 62:2<158 2010 62 12070 https://doi.org/10.1007/s12070-010-0032-6 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s12070-010-0032-6 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Ahmad Zahoor Department of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Counties Manukau Health, Auckland, New Zealand aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- de Silva Nalaka Department of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Counties Manukau Health, Auckland, New Zealand aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Morton Randall Department of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Counties Manukau Health, Auckland, New Zealand aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Wood Andrew Department of Surgery, John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford, England aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Indian Journal of Otolaryngology and Head & Neck Surgery Springer-Verlag 62/2(2010-06-01), 158-161 0019-5421 62:2<158 2010 62 12070 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer