As of 2006, no longer published by Elsevier Day-care, or ambulatory techniques provides an efficient and flexible approach to the provision of many surgical and therapeutic procedures. Ambulatory Surgery promotes and develops this system of patient management by providing a multidisciplinary international forum for all those health care professionalsinvolved in day-care surgery. The journal publishes peer-reviewed original articles relating to the practice of ambulatory surgery. Papers are included on: Basic and clinical research - in surgery, anaesthesia and nursing; Administrative issues - including facility development, management, governmental issues and reimbursement; Perioperative care - covering patient and procedure selection, discharge criteria and home care. Also included are topical and educational reviews examining a wide range of subjects and controversies in the field. Ambulatory Surgery will be the international journal-of-first-choice for the publication of high-quality papers in the field of day-care surgery. Ambulatory Surgery is the Official Clinical Journal of the International Association for Ambulatory Surgery (I.A.A.S.). For a listing of Member Societies andbenefits for individual members of these Societies, pleaseclick here.
Ambulatory Surgery
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| ISSN | 0966-6532 |
Publisher
Elsevier Science
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Data set: Elsevier
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Ambulatory Surgery > 2006 > 12 > 4 > 173-176
Ambulatory surgery in Germany is mostly performed in private units like day clinics, specialized doctor's offices and ambulatory surgery centres. In contrast, hospitals prefer inpatient treatment. Their hierarchical system often inhibited introduction of new techniques like endo-microsurgery. Total costs of tracer procedures are half in private units as compared to hospitals, and this at the same...
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Ambulatory Surgery > 2006 > 12 > 4 > 167-171
Ambulatory surgery for inguinal hernia has not been really developed in our country.We evaluated the feasibility of inguinal hernia surgery on ambulatory.From January 1995 to June 2004, we performed 1009 inguinal hernia. There were 934 men (92.8%) and 75 women (7.2%). Middle age was 58.36 years (range: 7–95 years). All the patients were examined by their primary doctor on the first and the third day...
