Is day case surgery in urology associated with high admission rates?

Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England

Volumn 79, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 416-419

  Crew, J P ^a   Turner, K J ^a   Millar, J ^b   Cranston, D W ^a  

^a CHURCHILL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b JOHN RADCLIFFE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Audit; Day surgery; Urological surgery

Indexed keywords

AMBULATORY SURGERY; ANESTHESIA; ARTICLE; BLADDER TUMOR; CYSTOSCOPY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL AUDIT; PATIENT SELECTION; URETHRA STRICTURE; URETHROSCOPY; UROLOGIC SURGERY;

AGED; AMBULATORY SURGICAL PROCEDURES; ENDOSCOPY; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; UROLOGIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES;

EID: 0030666311     PISSN: 00358843     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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