Day case tonsillectomy in adults: How many are suitable?

Journal of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 331-332

  Moralee, S J ^a   Macdougall, G ^a   Moloney, N ^a   Murray, J A M M ^a  

^a ROYAL INFIRMARY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adult; Day case; Surgery; Tonsillectomy

Indexed keywords

NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT;

ADULT; AMBULATORY SURGERY; ARTICLE; BIOPSY; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PATIENT SELECTION; SOCIAL ASPECT; TONSILLECTOMY;

ADULT; AGED; AMBULATORY SURGICAL PROCEDURES; HUMANS; PATIENT SELECTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, ELECTIVE; TONSILLECTOMY;

EID: 0029797821     PISSN: 00358835     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

References (8)

1. The Audit Commission for Local Authorities and the National Health Service in England and Wales. A short cut to better services: Day surgery in England and Wales. London: HMSO, October 1990.
2. Einthoven AC Reflections on the management of the NHS. London: The Nuffield Provincial Hospitals Trust, 1985.
3. National Health Service in Scotland. Hospital inpatient statistics. Edinburgh: NHSME, ISD, 1993
4. Blair RL, Mckerrow WS, Fenton A Draft: The Scottish Tonsillectomy Audit. Scottish Otolaryngological Society, 1994.
5. Moralee SJ, Murray JAMM. Would Day Case Adult Tonsillectomy be Safe? J. Laryngol. & Otol.: in press.
6. Royal College of Surgeons of England Commission on the provision of Surgical Services. Guidelines for Day Case Surgery London: RCS, 1992. 7-8
7. British National Formulary. Bath: BMA & RPS, 1994: 365.
8. Yardley MPJ, Fairley JW, Durham LH, Parker AJ. Day case tonsil and adenoid surgery: how many are eligible? J R Coll Surg Edinb 1994; 39: 162-163.