Implementation of ambulatory surgery in a university hospital: An audit comprising 873 general surgery cases

Ambulatory Surgery

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 107-110

  Reis, Ernane D ^a   Mosimann, François ^a   Vuilleumier, Henri ^a  

^a LAUSANNE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Ambulatory surgery; Biopsy; Hernia; Proctology; Varicose veins

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMBULATORY SURGERY; ARTICLE; BIOPSY; FEMALE; GENERAL SURGERY; HERNIORRHAPHY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INGUINAL HERNIA; LAPAROSCOPY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; MORBIDITY; PATIENT SATISFACTION; TEACHING HOSPITAL; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; VEIN STRIPPING;

EID: 0033120137     PISSN: 09666532     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0966-6532(98)00055-9     Document Type: Article

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