An international reference as to the potential for short stay surgery, how to set up a purpose designed unit and what the needed surgical skills are. It is written by specialists in their sphere who have considerable experience in this form of surgery. In the future, short stay surgery is going to become a financial imperative in so many countries. This book has been designed to help surgeons plan for the future and to discover the vast potential of short stay surgery.

Autorentext

WEG Thomas - Consultant Surgeon and Clinical Director of Surgery in Sheffield. Past member of the Court of Examiners of the Royal College of Surgeons of England, Arris and Gale Lecturer and Hunterian Professor. Currently Surgical Skill Tutor and Mentor of Council of teh Royal College of Surgeons of England.

NB Senninger - Professor of Surgery and Director of the Department of General Surgery of the Universitätsklinikum in Münster / Germany.

Zusammenfassung

An ever-increasing number of surgical procedures are now being performed in ambulatory settings. Hospital beds are at a premium and resources are becoming scarcer. This atlas guides readers through all the practicalities: it looks at the potential of short-stay surgery, how to set it up and how it may be relevant to all surgical specialities. Specialists well- known in their sphere discuss and illustrate operations that can be performed without a stay in hospital. The topics covered will become more and more relevant as time goes by, and those who read this book will be able to stay well ahead of the game. It is designed to help surgeons plan for the future and discover the vast potential for this form of surgery.

Inhalt
General Principles.- Organisational and Anaesthetic Aspects of Short Stay Surgery.- Basic Surgical Techniques.- Skin and Subcutaneous Tissues.- Plastic Surgery.- Hand Surgery.- Breast, Head and Neck.- Breast Surgery.- Head and Neck Surgery.- Abdomen.- Diagnostic Laparoscopy.- Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy.- Mini-Cholecystectomy.- Open Appendicectomy.- Laparoscopic Appendicectomy.- Hernia Repairs: Inguinal, Femoral, and Umbilical.- Haemorrhoids.- Anal Fissure.- Surgical Procedures for Perianal Sepsis: Ischiorectal Abscesses, Fistulas, and Pilonidal Sinus.- Urology.- Vasectomy.- Hydrocele.- Epididymal Cyst/Epididymectomyn.- Varicocelectomy.- Circumcision and Frenuloplasty.- Vascular Surgery.- Operations for Varicose Veins.- Vascular Access.- Endoscopy.- Surgical Endoscopy.